330 German academics in the field of biotechnology and publication data from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE …

corporate investors) in the emergence of a new biotechnology industry in Germany in the second half of the 90?s. This analysis … takes into account the different business models and business fields to be found in the biotechnology industry. Based on … theoretical arguments, a great relevance of VC-companies in financing young innovative biotechnology firms developing health care …

?s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according …

The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make … particular not discriminating different kinds of ?risk? in the field of biotechnology. The study combines survey data of German …

British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate …

Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish … a biotechnology-firm. Furthermore, regional oriented technology policy is supposed to stimulate the creation process of … biotechnology clusters, too. The BioRegio contest (BRC) is the most prominent example for this kind of policy support. The analysis …