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Social Sciences, Business, Economics, Management, Business & Economics, INNOVATION SYSTEMS, PATENT STATISTICS, US BIOTECHNOLOGY, PATH DEPENDENCE, LIFE SCIENCES, INDUSTRY, CLUSTERS, INDICATORS, KNOWLEDGE, FIRMS, 1402 Applied Economics, 1503 Business and Management, Business & Management, 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour, 3801 Applied economics

Abstract:

This article analyzes the texture characteristics of regions that developed substantial technological activities in the biotechnology field. Building on patent and publication-based indicators, we find sup- 15 port for the presence of two distinctive types of regions that are able to develop into “top regions” during the rapid growth phase of the biotech industry (period 1992–1997). In addition, the study highlights differences between top region and other regions in terms of regional texture characteristics (presence of anchor tenant firms, entrepreneurial-oriented scientific actors, and scientific eminence).