Biotechnology is often regarded as a key technology with high potential for far-reaching social, environmental and … economic impacts. Among others, the development and diffusion of biotechnology may have considerable economic effects on … production and employment. This paper analyzes the economic impacts of different diffusion paths of biotechnology in some major …

Biotechnology is considered as one of the key high-technology sectors in the future. It has been increasingly accepted … new entrepreneurial entrants in biotechnology are mainly addressed to the situation in the United States and neglected … developments in other countries. Therefore, the present paper concentrates on two latecomers into the industry of biotechnology …

This paper analyses the inter-firm R&D network formed in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry during the 1990s … pharmaceutical biotechnology industry has experienced a significant evolutional change in size and structure during 1991-1998. By … not high implying that the distribution of overall positional advantages in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry is …