firms in the biotechnology cluster in Belgium, where there is a growing trend towards technological and market …

instruments in the regression approach allows us to answer the question to what extent R&D-based cluster policies such as the well …

cluster policies in Japan, Germany, and France as well as six prominent biotechnology clusters in these countries. Information …Cluster policies have attracted increasing attention worldwide, but only a few studies have focused on their management … by local cluster organizations. We investigate the relationship between national cluster policies and their management by …

The existing literature on cluster embeddedness largely neglects the impact of finance on the development of firms …

This paper addresses the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003, paying particular …. Drawing upon the significance of co-location of "money and ideas", the literature stressing the importance of a cluster …'s openness and external linkages, and the path dependency debate, the paper aims to analyse how certain cluster characteristics …

We examine the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003, paying particular attention to … significance of co-location of quot;money and ideasquot;, the literature stressing the importance of a cluster's openness and … external linkages, and the path dependency debate, we analyze how certain cluster characteristics correspond with each cluster …

Many governments have established cluster policies to foster innovation and support hightech industries through …

This paper addresses the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003, paying particular … stressing the importance of a cluster's openness and external linkages (e.g. Bathelt et al. 2004), and the path dependency … debate (e.g. DiMaggio and Powell 1983), the paper aims to analyse how certain cluster characteristics correspond with its …

relations develop? This paper conceptualises the entrepreneurs in a cluster as a community of practice and shows that narrative … learn from stories about past successes and failures in the cluster. In particular, they engage with these stories to make … and serial entrepreneurs in the Vienna biotechnology cluster. …