This chapter explores what caused the clusters in US biotechnology to develop. The USA
was the first country where the biotechnology industry has flourished and the industry there …

Why do firms in high technology industries cluster at particular locations? Do firms grow
faster at such locations and are disproportionately more new firms created in clusters? The …

This paper is a study of the process by which industrial clusters form. It identifies the forces of
attraction to new companies to a cluster in biotechnology in the US as it grows. It uses a …

This paper discusses the development of the biotechnology industry in an Italian region,
Lombardy. More specifically, it asks why significant innovative and commercial activities in …

This paper compares the dynamics of the process by which industrial clusters emerged in
the US computing and biotechnology industries. It examines whether new companies are …

While conventional wisdom suggests that not all regions can have biotechnology, many
national science policies target it as a future growth sector. The evidence here presented …

Biotechnology (biotech) clusters have evolved over time. Being a top biotech region in the
early years 1978–1990 still positively correlates with the cluster's biotech strength decades …

The concept of “clusters” has become central to regional economic development strategies,
especially in the high-technology and biotechnology industries. Numerous studies have …

The biotechnology industry poses a particular challenge to analysis because its origins were
poorly understood or even noticed at the time. The purpose of this paper is to examine and …

Los Angeles brands itself as the “creative capital of the world.” While a leader in a variety of
innovative industries, this leadership has not extended to biotechnology, an entrepreneurial …