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Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industries

Websites for specific clusters

MassBIO (Boston)
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, a not-for-profit organization, represents and provides services and support for the Massachusetts biotechnology industry.
MedCity (London, UK)
MedCity will position London and the greater south east of England as a world leading, interconnected region for life science research, development, manufacturing and commercialisation.

Articles

Targeting the biotechnology clusters in North Carolina and Israel: lessons from successful and unsuccessful policy making, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 25:7, 2013
Are biotechnology and its clusters in crisis? Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 25:7, 2013
Star scientists and their positions in the Canadian biotechnology network, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 20:4, 2011
Collaboration spaces in Canadian biotechnology: A search for gatekeepers, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 29:2, 2012
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Books

Innovation and Finance by Andreas Pyka (Editor); Hans-Peter Burghof (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book

ISBN: 9780415696852

Publication Date: 2013-07-09

See Chapter 9: Venture Capital in Canada for an analysis of challenges facing new venture creation in Canada including the biotech sector.
Clusters, networks, and innovation by [Stefano] Breschi and [Franco] Malerba.
Call Number: Book

ISBN: 9780199275557

Publication Date: 2005

See Chapter 10: Institutional embeddedness of high-tech regions : relational foundations of the Boston biotechnology community / Kelley Porter, Kjersten Bunker Whittington and Walter W. Powell