ABSTRACT
The biotechnology industry is an extremely important sector in the developed world's economies. This book, with contributions from an international array of experts, explains why biotechnology companies in different countries concentrate in a small number of locations and what accounts for the success some of these companies then go on to have.This
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 6|26 pages
The Rhine–Neckar-Triangle BioRegion
Scientific excellence and catching up in development
chapter 7|19 pages
French biotech start-ups and biotech clusters in France
The importance of geographic proximity
chapter 8|26 pages
Success and failure in the development of biotechnology clusters
The case of Lombardy
