Does a clustered location matter for high-technology companies' performance? The case of biotechnology in the Netherlands

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1681-1696

  van Geenhuizen, Marina ^a   Reyes Gonzalez, Leonardo ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bionanotechnology; Biotechnology; Clusters; Growth; Incubation; Innovation; Knowledge value chain; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; LOCATION;

BIONANOTECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35848964966     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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