Knowledge as a Driver of Technological Change and Regional Growth -- Innovative, Technological, and Growth Capacities of the EU Regions -- Determinants of RISs' Efficiency of the EU Regions -- The Role of Intra-, Inter- and Extra-Regional Sources of Knowledge Spillovers in the EU Regions....

The paper investigates the role of dynamic externalities, university-industry linkages and role of social networking in the biotechnology industry in the European Union (EU). Universities act as platforms for local knowledge spillovers and universityindustry cluster development in the...