Spatial collocation and venture capital in the US biotechnology industry

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1188-1199

  Kolympiris, Christos ^a   Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas ^a   Miller, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cluster scope; Dedicated biotechnology firms; Knowledge spillovers; Network externalities; Spatial externalities; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER SCOPE; DEDICATED BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES; VENTURE CAPITAL;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80053934170     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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