toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper … conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to … keeping cotton prices low, aided these countries to capture market share from (and cause losses to) non-users of biotechnology …

toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper … conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to … biotechnology. By contrast, with a single exception, Africa has not adopted biotechnology and, not coincidentally, its cotton output …

toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper … conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to … biotechnology. By contrast, with a single exception, Africa has not adopted biotechnology and, not coincidentally, its cotton output …

General introduction -- Small firms and innovation -- Biotechnology and small firms -- The Brazilian policy for … biotechnology -- The Brazilian institutional framework in biotechnology -- Small biotechnology firms in Brazil -- University and … small biotechnology firms in Brazil -- SBFs linkages with other firms -- General conclusion …