Who Drives Market Access for Genetically Modified Organisms and Products in Korea? A Political Economy Approach to Sustainable Development

Sung, Bongsuk; Yoon, KiKwan; Yu, Seunghun

doi:10.1177/0971721816640629

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“…Market actors consist of firms that seek business opportunities by bringing their new products and services to the market served and by implementing business strategies to take advantage of their new development [45,64]; consumers that seek benefit by purchasing satisfactory products and services [65]; and other stakeholders who are interested in investing in some activities [41]. This implies that such economic benefit-seeking behaviors represent the market attractiveness of products and services.…”

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Who Drives the Transition to a Renewable-Energy Economy? Multi-Actor Perspective on Social Innovation

Sung

Park

2018

Sustainability

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This study examines how various actors influence the transition to a renewable-energy economy. We employ a conceptual framework derived from a literature review and text-mining analysis and establish a panel data model for an empirical test using unbalanced panel data from 25 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for the period from 1990 to 2014. We establish a panel vector autoregressive (VAR) model in the first differences and use a bias-corrected least squares dummy variable (LSDVC) estimator to test complex dynamic relationships between government, the public, markets, the traditional energy sector (i.e., the sector that uses nuclear power, oil, coal and natural gas as sources for electricity) and the contribution of renewables to the total energy supply. We also perform Wald tests on the coefficients of variables estimated by LSDVC estimator to determine causal relationships between the variables. The results of this study reveal that government and markets directly promote the transition to renewable energy, whereas the traditional energy sector negatively and directly affects the transition. By contrast, the public does not directly influence the transition to a renewable-energy economy. This study also shows that the government and public have positive indirect effects on the transition, by interacting with the market. We also find convincing evidence of significant dynamic-path dependence in all estimations. Finally, we discuss some implications based on the findings of this study.

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Who Drives the Transition to a Renewable-Energy Economy? Multi-Actor Perspective on Social Innovation

Sung

Park

2018

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“…In the late 1990s, scientists from the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester investigated the RIDL technology in Drosophila (Thomas et al, 2000) and laid the scientific foundation for the commercialisation of GM insect technology. The scientists took advantage of a global institutional context in which modern biotechnology increasingly moved from the laboratory level to a cornerstone of economic growth in agriculture (Sung, Yoon & Yu, 2016, p. 272). In the 1990s, the world experienced the first on-field application of biotechnology to crop production.…”

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“…GM products can access the global market only when the industrial use avoids potential risks and is environmentally sound (Sung et al, 2016, pp. 272–273).…”

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The Rise, Regulation and Risks of Genetically Modified Insect Technology in Global Agriculture

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2020

Science, Technology and Society

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The article explores the rise, regulation and risks of genetically modified (GM) insect technology in global agriculture. It contributes to the debate on the nexus of science, technology and food security in Science and Technology Studies from an International Relations perspective. The study locates GM insect technology within the context of conceptual debates about global agriculture, transnational entrepreneurship and the pooling of different sources of political authority. It introduces the pooling of political authority as a potential causal mechanism that transmits biotechnical innovations and entrepreneurship to the spread of GM insect technology in the global agri-food regime. The study focusses, especially on Oxitec Limited, the most important business entrepreneur in the field. The empirical findings reveal that Oxitec has pooled moral and technical political authority and has influenced the global rise and regulation of GM insect technology. The contribution discusses the implications of Oxitec’s entrepreneurial involvement and identifies the three key challenges concerning the global regulation of GM insect technology: the transboundary scope, the provision of transparency, and the assessment of risks. Finally, the study outlines future areas of research.

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Who Drives Market Access for Genetically Modified Organisms and Products in Korea? A Political Economy Approach to Sustainable Development

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Who Drives the Transition to a Renewable-Energy Economy? Multi-Actor Perspective on Social Innovation

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The Rise, Regulation and Risks of Genetically Modified Insect Technology in Global Agriculture

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