Organizational Legacy and the Internal Dynamics of Clusters: The U.S. Human Biotherapeutics Industry, 1976–2002

Knowledge and Space

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-230

  Feldman, Maryann ^a   Romanelli, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology Industry; Industrial Cluster; Intellectual Capital; Resource Endowment; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85151552675     PISSN: 18779220     EISSN: 25430580     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6131-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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