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This study shows for a large sample of R&D-active manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2009 that knowledge alliances have a positive effect on patenting in terms of both quantity and quality. However, when distinguishing between alliances that aim at joint creation of new knowledge and...
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The performance of clusters has been linked in several studies to their historical and geographical contexts as well as to the drivers that shape the competitive strength of nations. Among these drivers, the human factor and universities play a key role in the competitiveness of nations, as well...
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One of the theoretically important factors for incubator firm performance is the strength of their linkages to the research university sponsoring the technology incubator. Herein, we focus on two types of university linkages to the sponsoring institution: a license obtained from the university...
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biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms. Fifteen control rights are identified to make up the structure of deals with five rights …
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This paper addresses the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003, paying particular … attention to their respective composition in terms of venture capital, basic science institutions and biotechnology firms …
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This study analyses 1400 research projects of the top 20 R&D-spending pharmaceuticals to identify the determinants of successful research projects. We provide clear evidence that externally sourced projects and projects involving biotechnologies perform better than internal projects and chemical...
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Spatial layouts can have significant influences on the formation and outcomes of social relationships. Physical proximity is thus essential to understanding the elemental building blocks of social networks, dyads. Situating relationships in space is instrumental to formulating better models of...
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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 …
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