We analyse the determinants of network formation in Germany’s biotechnology industry using social network analysis … broader regional innovation system, we find that the number of biotech patent applications, the share of regional hightech … biotechnology network. -- Biotechnology ; network formation ; degree centrality ; R&D policy …

of commercial biotechnology in Germany. The current paper tries to fill this gap. We find that although these contests … international attention as prototypes of a new kind of technology policy aiming at the exploitation of regional innovation and …

We analyse the determinants of network formation in German's biotechnology sector combining elements from social … network analysis (SNA) and a regression framework for count data. For the latter we adopt a regional innovation system … function of region's innovation and economic context as well as a set of policy related variables. The inclusion of policy …

The COVID pandemic caused the political competition between the prime ministers of the German states to reach its peak … politically. In this paper, we attempt to document which state leaders are forerunners or latecomers in this political competition …

for countries. For this purpose, innovation policies in biotechnology have been addressed here. This study draws on the … development of biotechnology innovation activities. In addition, we have discussed the implications of the study as well as given …Nearly three decades have passed since the new knowledge and technologies like genetics and biotechnology have emerged …

of placed-based policies designed to spur innovation clusters. We estimate that the adoption of subsidies for biotech …