Development of biotechnology clusters: The case of Daedeok Science Town, Korea

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-218

  Park, Hayoung ^a   Kang, Kyung Nam ^b   Kim, Hyae Ryung ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Intellectual Property   (South Korea)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biotechnology; cluster development; collaboration; network property; social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860909552     PISSN: 19761597     EISSN: 21586721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19761597.2011.632589     Document Type: Article

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