Reputation-based trust, reflecting the time-dependency of trust, influences inter-firm alliances. A literature review resulted in hypotheses which were tested in an empirical study based on a quantitative analysis and in-depth interviews with firms in the bio tech sector of human health in the...

This article examines the intellectual property conflicts that arise when creators of large-scale, publicly funded genomic databases release that data to the public. One recent genomic project, the International HapMap Project, implemented a form of data release modeled on the open source...

The localization of knowledge flows has been attributed to agglomerations of knowledge-intensive firms in a region, but I argue that knowledge localization is not consistent with the wider social and professional networks of the firms' employees. I predict that small, knowledge-intensive firms...

This paper examines the relative performance of vertically integrated projects versus collaborative projects in the bio-pharmaceuticals industry. Using Akerlof's (1970) model of the impact of asymetric information on quality, this paper suggests that a potential "lemons" problem exists in the...

This paper considers the drivers of the structure and evolution of the life sciences innovation system, a remarkable success story for public support of science. The growth and performance of this system reflect the interaction between abundant scientific and technological opportunity, a...

This paper is a comment on Finding the Endless Frontier: Lessons from the Life Sciences Innovation System for Technology Policy by Iain M. Cockburn and Scott Stern which can be found at: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2208693" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2208693

At the 2009 World Summit on Food Security, states concluded that increasing agricultural productivity is the main means to meet the growing demand for food. They nominated agricultural biotechnology as a way of achieving this goal. A few months later, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

This Article will focus on how the United States can reform the current regulatory system for agricultural biotechnology given the significant political, economic, and social challenges the regulations governing this industry pose. The proposed reform will emphasize four key objectives to be...

Science and innovation have always been the key forces behind agricultural growth in particular and economic transformation in general. More specifically, the ability to add value to agricultural production via the application of scientific knowledge to entrepreneurial activities stands out as...

This study examined how intangible assets of Japanese biotechnology startups affected their intention to go public at one point and their actual initial public offering. Simple patent counts did not affect startups' intention to go public in 2005. Among several indicators of patent quality,...