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The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany …’s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according …
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Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish … a biotechnology-firm. Furthermore, regional oriented technology policy is supposed to stimulate the creation process of … biotechnology clusters, too. The BioRegio contest (BRC) is the most prominent example for this kind of policy support. The analysis …
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industry and from industry to science in the biotechnology sector. In order to model these knowledge flows a citation analysis … ; biotechnology industry …
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The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make … biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy was driven blind by the idea to catch up with world’s biotech … leaders and analyse if Germany’s R&D policy lost its origins. We do examine, if Germany sacrifice economic funding …
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This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic entrepreneurship. We highlight two main characteristics of the program that make it attractive as an entrepreneurship policy: early-stage financing and scientist involvement in...
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The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We find that the merger has had a miniscule impact on the...
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While most economists believe that public scientific research fuels industry innovation and economic growth, systematic evidence supporting this relationship is surprisingly limited. In a recent study, Acemoglu and Linn (2004) identified market size as a significant driver of drug innovation in...
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Although there seems to be consensus in the literature that venture capital investors increase the innovation output of their portfolio companies, there is little evidence about how investor type (governmental vs. private) and transaction structure (syndicated vs. non-syndicated) moderate this...
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On April 1, 2005, Denmark changed the way references prices, a main determinant of reimbursements for pharmaceutical purchases, are calculated. The previous reference prices, which were based on average EU prices, were substituted to minimum domestic prices. Novel to the literature, we estimate...
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