national governments to grow a self-sustainable biotech industry in Europe. -- Clustering ; biotech ; technology policy … growth potential through clustering. There is, however, little systematic analysis of their actual impact on the development … have catalyzed the emergence and early growth of German commercial biotech it takes more than isolated policy action by …

growth potential through clustering. There is, however, little systematic analysis of their actual impact on the development … have catalyzed the emergence and early growth of German commercial biotech it takes more than isolated policy action by … national governments to grow a self-sustainable biotech industry in Europe …

, which is specified as a function of the region’s innovative and economic performance as well as biotech-related policy … able to impact on the formation of the German biotech network. Our results show that policy indicators such as the volume … broader regional innovation system, we find that the number of biotech patent applications, the share of regional hightech …

perspective, we estimate the number of total and interregional R&D collaborations of local biotech actors in the year 2005 as a …-known BioRegio contest (BRC) shape the formation of the German biotech network. We use the region's degree centrality, a standard … defining the regional innovation system, we observe that the number of biotech patent applications, the share of regional …