The geography of opportunity: Spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2 SPEC., 2003, Pages 229-253

  Stuart, Toby ^a   Sorenson, Olav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology firms; Geography of opportunity; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS; BUSINESS ENTERPRISE; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; GEOGRAPHY OF OPPORTUNITY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; NEW VENTURE CREATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037304740     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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