The biotechnology industry is at the heart of the fast-growing knowledge-based economy.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of this industry is clustering. A cluster, like an …

The global biopharmaceutical industry, with over $70 bn in revenues and 700 publicly listed
firms posting double-digit growth in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific in 2006 …

--Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy's epigrammatic comparison of families is not as far removed from
research on innovative, high-technology clusters as one might expect. We contend that …

We examine the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003,
paying particular attention to their composition in terms of venture capital, basic science …

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 …

Since its origin, biotechnology has developed in few centres of excellence identifiable as
biotech clusters. Even if these usually present common features in terms of organisations …

This paper draws a comparison between Chinese and US technology policies aimed at
generating clustering in biotechnology. It compares characteristics of biotechnology …

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

Biocluster initiatives have become an important tool for governments to establish, promote,
and strengthen economic collaboration, learning, innovation, and employment within …

The evolution of the industrial cluster has long been a comparatively difficult problem due to
its complexity and the differing particularities of individual clusters. Based on a study of two …