This paper explores start-up creation in biotech through an in-depth analysis of four new ventures located in the Upper Rhine Biovalley. This analysis helps us discuss the role of several factors in the performance of a new biotech firm. The study specifically outlines three elements, namely:...

This contribution aims at analyzing the role of patents in inter-organization networks in the field of biotechnology. We examine the traditional rationale for firms to apply for a patent, which focuses on the protection against competition as the basic motive of application, and we claim that...

Beyond their function of protecting and rewarding innovation, patents are increasingly used as mediation instruments and as vehicles for interactions. Focusing on the development of new, genetically engineered vaccines, we show that they are central components of the production of innovation. A...

The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the complex relationships between codified and tacit knowledge. This supposes a first step is to distinguish clearly the notion of knowledge from the notion of information. A model of knowledge as a structure is then proposed from which an analysis...

Ce travail analyse la place respective des coopérations en R&D subventionnées versus non subventionnées dans les stratégies d’accords technologiques des entreprises. Nous avançons que les ressources additionnelles apportées par les subventions gouvernementales favorisent la création...

<!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> ?This article aims at analysing the mechanisms by which a large Research Infrastructure, here a synchrotron, co-constructs the ecosystem to which it belongs and uses it in order to sustain and feed its own evolution dynamics. Our analysis relies on the study of the French synchrotron SOLEIL. We...