Biotechnology is considered as one of the key high-technology sectors in the future. It has been increasingly accepted … new entrepreneurial entrants in biotechnology are mainly addressed to the situation in the United States and neglected … developments in other countries. Therefore, the present paper concentrates on two latecomers into the industry of biotechnology …

Biotechnology Firm ; Germany ; Sweden … management in German and Swedish Dedicated Biotechnology Firms (DBFs) with our main focus on the following two issues: (1) Which …

We analyse the determinants of network formation in Germany’s biotechnology industry using social network analysis … broader regional innovation system, we find that the number of biotech patent applications, the share of regional hightech … biotechnology network. -- Biotechnology ; network formation ; degree centrality ; R&D policy …

This paper analyses a large database on inter-firm R&D cooperation formed in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry … half of the 1980s. In the 1990s, the bridge role of biotechnology companies became less important and established … pharmaceutical biotechnology industry. -- R&D networks ; pharmaceutical biotechnology ; network analysis ; conceptual centrality …