| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in global competition ; v. 16 |
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Studies in global competition ; v. 16.
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| Contents |
Biotechnology in comparative perspective / Gerhard Fuchs and Gerhard Krauss -- The role of small firms in US biotechnology clusters / David B. Audretsch -- The development of biotechnology clusters in the USA from the late 1970s to the early 1990s / Martha Prevezer -- The competencies of regions : Canada's clusters in biotechnology / Jorge Niosi and Tomas G. Bas -- Geographic clustering in the UK biotechnology sector / Philip Cooke -- The Rhine-Neckar-Triangle BioRegion : scientific excellence and catching up in development / Gerhard Krauss and Thomas Stahlecker -- French biotech start-ups and biotech clusters in France : the importance of geographic proximity / Frederic Corolleur [and others] -- Success and failure in the development of biotechnology clusters : the case of Lombardy / Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Luigi Orsenigo -- Dutch cluster policy and the character of regional concentration of biotech firms / Christien Enzing -- The fourth pillar? : an assessment of the situation of Finnish biotechnology / Gerd Schienstock and Pasi Tulkki |
| Summary |
With contributions from an international array of experts, this book explains why biotechnology companies in different countries are concentrated in a small number of locations and what accounts for their success |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biotechnology industries.
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Biotechnology industries -- Location
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Biotechnology industries -- Cross-cultural studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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Biotechnology industries
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Biotechnology industries -- Location
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fuchs, Gerhard, 1956-
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| ISBN |
0203422708 |
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9780203422700 |
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9780415283434 |
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0415283434 |
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9781134455959 |
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113445595X |
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9781134455904 |
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1134455909 |
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9781134455942 |
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1134455941 |
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