Biotechnology is one of the knowledge fields particularly targeted by China, as it is considered to open up "windows of opportunity" for catch-up to the leading economies. However, the seizing of these opportunities requires the existence of an institutional and organizational structure...

Chinaś rapid economic ascent has been accompanied by brilliant institutionalist scholarship elaborating on the significance of institutional diversity for Chinaś recent development trajectory. As valuable as these analyses are, their foundation in the transition literature seems to have...

Universities can contribute to knowledge-based regional development not only in their home region but also in other regions. In a number of countries, universities have established university satellite institutes in additional (host) regions to promote research and technology transfer there. We...

Focussing on China's health biotech clusters the study explores the anatomy of interaction in as well as between various clusters. While the literature has identified the existence of a dense network of durable interactions among firms and between firms and academia at a particular location as...

Biotechnology is one of the knowledge fields particularly targeted by China, as it is considered to open up windows of opportunity for catch-up to the leading economies. However, the seizing of these opportunities requires the existence of an institutional and organizational structure supportive...