, different aspects on their financing, the spectrum of public promotion programmes and the venture capital market in Germany …

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 …

. Here we explore the importance within the biotechnology industry of the non-financial metrics firms used to convey value … was a change over time in the importance of various metrics in determining the value of a biotechnology firm. We find that … value. Our results also suggest that the biotechnology regime changed and the Nobel Prize lost its luster as a signal of …