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 …

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 …