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Corporate Science
The term corporate science encompasses a wide array of activities. Besides research and technological development in the corporate sector, corporate science includes scientific work in other institutions, including universities, that is funded by the private sector or responds to corporate requirements. Corporations also have a substantial influence on science-based policy, management, and regulation.
Corporate science is therefore an essential feature of contemporary science and technology. It raises numerous questions relating to science and public policy, including the contribution of science to economic development and to the resolution of health and environmental challenges, while implicating broader relationships between science, industry, and state. Diverse analytical perspectives, both pragmatic and critical, have been applied to science in corporate contexts, examining questions regarding the relations between basic and applied ...
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