Governments are targeting biotechnology as a key growth industry. During the mid-1990s,
many Continental European governments introduced policies to hasten the formation of …

Innovation process often depend upon the availability or constitution of a critical mass of
knowledge,(multidisciplinary) competences and (entrepreneurial, managerial and human) …

Based on the case of the biopharmaceutical industry, the aim of this paper is to challenge
the core conviction now widespread within the “spatial clustering theory”, which devotes a …

In this paper we discuss the new generation of German innovation clusters as a model that
reflects the paradigm of a supervising and even entrepreneurial role of government. The …

This article sets out to investigate the relationship between the knowledge spillovers and the
potential for high-value inventions to emerge. We study knowledge spillovers through the …

“We do not know where Silicon Valley is really located”, Feldman writes, because these
types of organization, when they are dynamic, are moving and fluid. Innovation and …

Large research facilities are among the most expensive items of scientific expenditure. Any
decision to invest in the knowledge infrastructure should be based on sound evidence …

This chapter explores the link between national systems of innovation and country
performance in the new economy, focusing on small entrepreneurial technology firms and …

Ramirez M., Li X. and Chen W. Comparing the impact of intra-and inter-regional labour
mobility on problem-solving in a Chinese science park, Regional Studies. Labour mobility of …

From a 'resilience'perspective a robust system is one that has the capability to withstand
serious system-shock and re-stabilise itself, albeit not exactly at the same equilibrium point …