Isthere any corner of our society thatdoes not claim to hosta science-based cluster? We
have yet not heardfrom Alaska, butthroughout the OECD i'world, over to Taiwan and China …

It has been noted that innovation seems to take place to a higher degree in clusters than
elsewhere and we have lately seen a worldwide wave of emerging cluster initiatives and …

This Editorial introduces the Special Issue on 'Biotechnology Clusters and Beyond'. Drawing
on the interventions of five commissioned articles from Canada, Germany, Israel, the UK and …

As explained in Chapter 1, we have chosen to focus our international comparison mainly on
the area of biomedicine, defined broadly to include pharmaceuticals (not only those based …

" In The Capacity to Innovate, Sarah Giest provides insight into the collaborative and
absorptive capacities needed to provide public support to local innovation through cluster …

Forged at the heart of international political bodies by expert researchers, the innovation
cluster concept has been incorporated into most public policies in industrialized countries …

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 …

Many cities and countries still view the foundation of a biotech sector as desirable for a high-
tech, intellectually driven economy. But a discussion by seasoned biotech management and …

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 …

The Stockholm-Uppsala region is claimed to be one of the worlds' most expansive
biomedical regions, both when it concerns scientific and business activities. Or, as it was …