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Fiocruz, Brazil
bioDevelopments- Institute
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FINSTON, Susan K
Susan K. Finston has more than 20 years of experience in the management of international legal and public policy issues. In June 2005, Ms. Finston founded Finston Consulting, LLC. Her company provides a range of services to the biotechnology industry, including business development, strategic marketing, technology transfer, policy analysis and advocacy, ally development, and education and awareness programs for start-ups and multinational companies.
Ms. Finston is a board member of BayhDole25, a technology transfer NGO that was established in 2005 to study the social and economic impact of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and related international technology transfer legislation. She also serves as Executive Director of the American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA), an advocacy organization that seeks enabling conditions for biotechnology through sustainable, mutually beneficial Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) policies. She was recently elected to the Alumni Board of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where she received a Joint JD/MPP degree in 1986. She also served on the Board of Governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society and was a member of the National Advisory Board of the International Society of Environmental Biotechnology. For publications, presentations, and upcoming events, see www.finstonconsulting.com.
Abstract
Technology Transfer Snapshots from Middle-Income Countries: Creating Socio-Economic Benefits through Innovation
Abstract:
This chapter examines the outcomes of technology transfer policies adopted in the past 20 years by five middle-income countries: Brazil, India, Ireland, Israel, and Jordan. The outcomes in those countries suggest that nations whose governments enable the assimilation of new technologies grow faster, create more jobs, and reduce poverty levels. The outcomes suggest also that a mixture of government and market strengths are needed to efficiently use technology transfer. Without this balance, technology transfer will have limited effects.
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