Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore patterns as well as determinants of regional specialisation in China's biopharmaceutical industry. It identifies and characterizes different types of enterprises engaged in the biopharmaceutical sector in terms of their business organisation...

Biotechnology is one of the knowledge fields particularly targeted by China, as it is considered to open up "windows of opportunity" for catch-up to the leading economies. However, the seizing of these opportunities requires the existence of an institutional and organizational structure...

Chinaś rapid economic ascent has been accompanied by brilliant institutionalist scholarship elaborating on the significance of institutional diversity for Chinaś recent development trajectory. As valuable as these analyses are, their foundation in the transition literature seems to have...

Biotechnology is one of the knowledge fields particularly targeted by China, as it is considered to open up windows of opportunity for catch-up to the leading economies. However, the seizing of these opportunities requires the existence of an institutional and organizational structure supportive...