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...

Do academic scientists bring valuable human capital to the companies they found or join? If so, what are the particular skills that compose their human capital and how are these skills related to firm performance? This paper examines these questions using a particular group of academic...