Biotechnology is considered one of the key advanced technology sectors of the future. Its
development is conditional on basic research in technologically advanced research …

Small Business Economics 17: 1–2, 2001.© 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in
the Netherlands. Biotechnology is widely acknowledged as one of the key technologies …

Nowadays biotechnology industry is „the next big issue” after the boom in the IT sector.
Biotechnology is characterised by innovation, wide application range and progress …

The dynamic growth of biotechnology in Germany in recent years has an obviously spatial
pattern. Some regions show a substantial potential for start-ups and young firms of this new …

Today's biotechnology is widely regarded as one of the most important sectors of infor-
mation technology, a new wave of a knowledge-based economy. It is characterized by …

Although the Dutch breeding ground contained some very excellent growth factors–a strong
science base being set up from the early 1980s onwards, a tight network between academia …

Biotechnology is often seen as one of the new leading technologies of the 21st century.
Although the claims are often exaggerated, there is no doubt that there has been a …

With the emergence of the'new economic geography'the issue of spatial concentration of
economic activity has received much interest both in economic theory and empirical …

The BioRegio contest and the BioProfile contest initiated by the German Federal
Government have drawn much international attention as prototypes of a new kind of …

Today, knowledge economies are a key asset for global competitiveness. Biotechnology is a
knowledge-driven sector because it consists of knowledge working on knowledge to create …