The phenomenon of entrepreneurial universities has received considerable attention over
the last decades. An entrepreneurial orientation by academia might put regions and nations …

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in public and private investment in
university research parks (URPs). URPs are important as an infrastructural mechanism for …

Despite early and repeated predictions of a short half-life that afflicts merely fashionable
ideas, regional cluster concepts continue to thrive in diverse policy theatres and benefit from …

Abstract Knowledge-intensive industries tend to concentrate geographically, because of the
many spillovers that they generate. Thus new biotechnology firms often set up in regions that …

Economic challenges in developing Asian countries have become more complex: urban
populations are growing at great cost to the environment, climate change has increased …

Given what institutional scholars have described as an inhospitable institutional climate for
entrepreneurial business, why has the German biotechnology industry suddenly taken off …

The paper maintains that biotechnology regions develop as complex systems: they start with
star scientists in research universities, generating knowledge spillovers, then move …

The story of liberal democracy over the last half century has been a triumphant one in many
ways, with the number of democracies increasing from a minority of states to a significant …

National systems of innovation developed through a mix of government inducement (or
government push) and market pull. Within national systems of innovation, regional systems …

The sun was high and radiant against the blue Greek sky. The sea was rough and waves
were crashing against the cliffs. Today was the day. For weeks, she had been waiting for this …