Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster
An empirical study of scientific communication among biotechnology companies supports the belief that geographic clustering does produce increased scientific exchange among companies. A comparison of companies within a constrained geographic area with those more dispersed shows a significantly highe...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2016
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102835 |
| _version_ | 1826196634903511040 |
|---|---|
| author | Allen, Thomas J. Raz, Ornit Gloor, Peter A. |
| author_facet | Allen, Thomas J. Raz, Ornit Gloor, Peter A. |
| author_sort | Allen, Thomas J. |
| collection | MIT |
| description | An empirical study of scientific communication among biotechnology companies supports the belief that geographic clustering does produce increased scientific exchange among companies. A comparison of companies within a constrained geographic area with those more dispersed shows a significantly higher level of scientific communication among the former. Scientific communication declines rapidly with plupical separation.
Critical of the formation of cluster – based scientific communication networks is the presence of both universities and large firms from the same industry. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:31:38Z |
| format | Working Paper |
| id | mit-1721.1/102835 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:31:38Z |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1028352019-04-10T16:35:48Z Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster Allen, Thomas J. Raz, Ornit Gloor, Peter A. An empirical study of scientific communication among biotechnology companies supports the belief that geographic clustering does produce increased scientific exchange among companies. A comparison of companies within a constrained geographic area with those more dispersed shows a significantly higher level of scientific communication among the former. Scientific communication declines rapidly with plupical separation. Critical of the formation of cluster – based scientific communication networks is the presence of both universities and large firms from the same industry. 2016-06-02T15:16:34Z 2016-06-02T15:16:34Z 2009-04 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102835 en_US ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2009-01 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| spellingShingle | Allen, Thomas J. Raz, Ornit Gloor, Peter A. Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title | Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title_full | Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title_fullStr | Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title_short | Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster |
| title_sort | does geographic clustering still benefit high tech new ventures the case of the cambridge boston biotech cluster |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102835 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT allenthomasj doesgeographicclusteringstillbenefithightechnewventuresthecaseofthecambridgebostonbiotechcluster AT razornit doesgeographicclusteringstillbenefithightechnewventuresthecaseofthecambridgebostonbiotechcluster AT gloorpetera doesgeographicclusteringstillbenefithightechnewventuresthecaseofthecambridgebostonbiotechcluster |