262 INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF HIGH-TECH REGIONS clusters. But what types
of network relations are most critical? Do informal personal ties and occupational relations …

--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 …

Regional technology clusters are an important source of economic development, yet in
biotechnology few successful clusters exist. Previous research links successful clusters to …

We draw on diverse data sets to compare the institutional organization of upstream life
science research across the United States and Europe. Understanding cross-national …

Access to a pool of talented employees is an important element of entrepreneurial firms'
ability to build innovative capabilities. Through an empirical examination of two European …

We contend that two important, nonrelational, features of formal interorganizational networks—
geographic propinquity and organizational form—fundamentally alter the flow of information …

The increasing intertwining of academic and commercial research networks has led to
fundamental changes in the organization of modern science. Industry links not only affect the …

A recursive analysis of network and institutional evolution is offered to account for the
decentralized structure of the commercial field of the life sciences. Four alternative logics of …

The US Capitol region ranks as one of the important biotech clusters in the US. This article
documents the general dimensions of the innovative milieu and highlights the historical …

This paper aims to further our emerging knowledge on the external linkages of regional
clusters. We adopt a network governance perspective and study connected clusters as goal …