Inventive and uninventive clusters: The case of Canadian biotechnology
We examine factors influencing the relative productivity of different geographic locations. Our analysis of the Canadian biotechnology industry during the 1990s reveals that inventive and uninventive locations are distinguishable within small geographic areas corresponding to roughly 7000 postal addresses. Inventive locations exhibit greater resource scale and technological focus, as well as greater emphasis on R&D investment and public and private collaboration. Comparison of inventive locations across three major metropolitan areas - Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal - indicates, however, that inventive locations vary in their emphasis on technological scale and focus relative to collaboration, and thus that location advantages can develop in distinctive ways.
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2008
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Authors: | Aharonson, Barak S. ; Baum, Joel A.C. ; Plunket, Anne |
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Research Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0048-7333. - Vol. 37.2008, 6-7, p. 1108-1131
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Elsevier |
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