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 …

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 Triple Helix of university–industry–government relations is compared with alternative
models for explaining the current research system in its social contexts. Communications …

The promise of biotechnology relies on new science that is increasingly complex and
specialized and depends on sophisticated, global intellectual property rights systems. This …

For many sectors like health care, financial services, or renewable energy, new products
and services are generated by an ecology of business firms, nonprofit foundations, public …

This volume analyzes the dynamics and interactive processes among the players
(individuals, institutions, and organizations/firms) that have constituted and legitimized the …

This chapter develops the proposition that entrepreneurial activity has been the central
mechanism in the emergence of high-tech clusters. It might be expected that new …

Recent studies link the performance of regional technology clusters to their social
organization. In an influential study of the success of Silicon Valley, Saxenian (1994) argues …

The paper questions both the disciplinary narrative and the interdisciplinary narrative
through a re-examination of the status of disciplines in the actual practices of three different …

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 …