Spontaneous vs. policy-driven: The origin and evolution of the biotechnology cluster

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 608-619

  Su, Yu Shan ^a   Hung, Ling Chun ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biotechnology cluster; Evolution; Origin; Policy driven; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY CLUSTER; EVOLUTION; ORIGIN; POLICY-DRIVEN; SPONTANEOUS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349280336     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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