Assetization : turning things into assets in technoscientific capitalism
Assetization : turning things into assets in technoscientific capitalism
/ edited by Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : assetization and technoscientific capitalism I. Turning knowledge into assets 2. Patents as assets : intellectual property rights as market subjects and objects 3. Datassets : assetizing and marketizing personal data 4. A crisis for cures? Tracing assetization and value in biomedical innovation II. Turning infrastructure into assets 5. High-speed contradictions : Spanish railways between economic criticism and political defense 6. Turning sunlit rooftops and windy sites into energy assets III. Turning nature into assets 7. Expropriating the future : turning ore deposits and legitimate expectations into assets 8. From commodity to asset and back again : property in the capitalism of varieties 9. Turning nature into an asset : corporate strategies for rent-seeking IV. Turning publics into assets 10. English higher education : from a public good to a public asset 11. Recidivists, rough sleepers, and the unemployed as financial assets : social impact bonds and the creation of new markets in social services 12. Conclusion : the future of assetization studies
9780262359030
Social capital (Sociology)
Commodification
New business enterprises
Electronic Books
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : assetization and technoscientific capitalism I. Turning knowledge into assets 2. Patents as assets : intellectual property rights as market subjects and objects 3. Datassets : assetizing and marketizing personal data 4. A crisis for cures? Tracing assetization and value in biomedical innovation II. Turning infrastructure into assets 5. High-speed contradictions : Spanish railways between economic criticism and political defense 6. Turning sunlit rooftops and windy sites into energy assets III. Turning nature into assets 7. Expropriating the future : turning ore deposits and legitimate expectations into assets 8. From commodity to asset and back again : property in the capitalism of varieties 9. Turning nature into an asset : corporate strategies for rent-seeking IV. Turning publics into assets 10. English higher education : from a public good to a public asset 11. Recidivists, rough sleepers, and the unemployed as financial assets : social impact bonds and the creation of new markets in social services 12. Conclusion : the future of assetization studies
9780262359030
Social capital (Sociology)
Commodification
New business enterprises
Electronic Books