ABSTRACT
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ABSTRACT This chapter attempts to explain some of the economic and commercial influences that affect the development of biocatalysts into successful manufacturing processes and products. In this respect, biocatalysts are not special, and are subject to just the same effects as any other developing technology. In this chapter, I attempt to discuss many of these important influences, such as process costing, sensitivity analysis and product profitability appraisal. I would especially like to emphasise the following points:
This chapter is intended to be read in close conjunction with the more detailed Case Studies of particular processes and products provided else where in this book, as well as hopefully being of interest in its own right.
