The spatial clustering of science and capital: Accounting for biotech firm-venture capital relationships

WW Powell, KW Koput, JI Bowie, L Smith-Doerr - Regional Studies, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
POWELL WW, KOPUT KW, BOWIE JI and SMITH-Doerr L.(2002) The spatial clustering of
science and capital: accounting for biotech firm–venture capital relationships, Reg. Studies …

Spatial collocation and venture capital in the US biotechnology industry

C Kolympiris, N Kalaitzandonakes, D Miller - Research Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
Biotechnology firms operate in a high-risk and high-reward environment and are in a
constant race to secure venture capital (VC) funds. Previous contributions to the literature …

The geography of opportunity: spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms

T Stuart, O Sorenson - Research policy, 2003 - Elsevier
One of the most commonly observed features of the organization of markets is that similar
business enterprises cluster in physical space. In this paper, we develop an explanation for …

Entrepreneurial geographies: Support networks in three high-technology industries

M Kenney, D Patton - Economic geography, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Using a unique database derived from prospectuses for US initial public stock offerings, we
examine the location of four actors (the firm's lawyers, the venture capitalists on the board of …

Networks of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley

EJ Castilla - International Journal of Technology …, 2003 - inderscienceonline.com
By comparing the network structure of venture capital (VC) firms in Silicon Valley (California)
to that of VC firms in Route 128 (Massachusetts), the present study challenges any market …

Intellectual capital and the birth of US biotechnology enterprises

LG Zucker, MR Darby, MB Brewer - 1994 - nber.org
We examine the relationship between the intellectual capital of scientists making frontier
discoveries, the presence of great university bioscience programs, the presence of venture …

Inventive and uninventive clusters: The case of Canadian biotechnology

BS Aharonson, JAC Baum, A Plunket - Research Policy, 2008 - Elsevier
We examine factors influencing the relative productivity of different geographic locations.
Our analysis of the Canadian biotechnology industry during the 1990s reveals that inventive …

Venture capital, high technology and regional development

RL Florida, M Kenney - Regional Studies, 1988 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract F LORIDA RL and Kenney M.(1988) Venture capital, high technology and regional
development, Reg. Studies 22, 33–48. This paper explores the role of venture capital in …

Venture capital formation, investment, and regional industrialization

R Florida, DF Smith Jr - Annals of the Association of American …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Venture capital is an important element of regional capital formation, technological
innovation and regional industrialization. While neoclassical economic theory assumes …

The competencies of regions–Canada's clusters in biotechnology

J Niosi, TG Bas - Small Business Economics, 2001 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge-intensive industries tend to concentrate geographically, because of the
many spillovers that they generate. Thus new biotechnology firms often set up in regions that …