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 …