Report September 2009
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Biotechnology, Genomics, and Proteomics
General Status
- We have begun to investigate specific cases of commons-based and peer-produced resources in biotech, such as Harvard's onco-mouse
- We have made good progress examining specific cases of biotech narrative, data, and tool producers, coming up with detailed company profiles for the largest firms
- We have completed a more detailed mapping of the narratives and tools industries within biotech
- Have good idea of cost structure, competitive advantage, and attitudes towards openness and enclosure within the field
Work Completed
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Data%2C_narratives_and_tools_produced_by_the_BGP_field#Tools
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Give_an_overall_picture_of_the_BGP_field#What_is_the_cost_structure_of_the_field
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Overview_of_Economics_of_Intellectual_Property_in_BGP#Openness_and_Publication_outputs
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Give_an_overall_picture_of_the_BGP_field#Factors_Impacting_the_amount_and_speed_of_knowledge_flow
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/IP_in_BGP#Biotech_And_Software
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/edit/IP_Profile_of_Universities_working_in_BGP
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Biotechnology_-_Genomic_and_Proteomics#Visualization
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/BGP_Company_Profiles_-_Data#NIH
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/IP_Profile_of_Biggest_for-profit_companies_in_BGP
Work Remaining
- Government_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Give_an_overall_picture_of_the_BGP_field#Who_are_the_producers.2C_the_buyers.2C_and_the_users.3F
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Give_an_overall_picture_of_the_BGP_field#What_is_the_structure_of_power_from_the_production_side_and_what_is_the_structure_of_power_in_the_demand_side.3F_.28E.g..2C_who_has_the_power_to_control_production_and_demand.3F_How_is_the_control_distributed.3F.29
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/IP_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/IP_Profile_of_non-profit_companies_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/IP_Profile_of_Universities_working_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Commons_based_cases_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Peer-Production_Business_models_in_BGP
- https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Open_Business_models_in_BGP
Research Methodology in use
- Case studies
- Literature review
- Industry analysis
- Business reports and press releases
- University reports and press releases
Problems and Considerations
- How can the next phase of research further develop the quadrants already mapped?
- What information should we aim to obtain through new research methods (e.g., interviews)?
- How much should we focus on the largely defunct data production businesses in biotech?
Next Steps
- Continue to investigate universities, non-profits, associations, and businesses relevant to the field
- Deepen our understanding of how production and demand are controlled
- Provide further documentation for the quadrants as we have identified them so far