Search for dissertations about: "biotech industry"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words biotech industry.
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1. Change in the Pharmaceutical Industry : Aspects on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Openness, and Decision Making
Abstract : Over the past century, the pharmaceutical industry has been a major contributor of individual and population health and societal wealth. Its products and services have contributed to longevity of large groups of patients and symptom relief from major diseases. READ MORE
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2. Evolutionary innovation : Early industrial uses of genetic engineering
Abstract : Based on an analysis of biological and economic theories of evol~tion, this dissertation first specifies evolutionary innovation and then uses it toanalyze early industrial uses of genetic engineering. Innovation refers totechnological innovation processes, i.e. series of innovative activitiesresulting in technical change. READ MORE
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3. Essays on information asymmetry, disclosures and the financing of R&D. The case of the biotechnology industry
Abstract : Investments in research and development (R&D) are an important driver of innovation, productivity and economic growth. Despite the importance of R&D investments to society, it is commonly known that R&D activities are difficult to finance in a competitive marketplace. READ MORE
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4. Disentangling clusters : agglomeration and proximity effects
Abstract : Clusters are spatial agglomerations of firms in related industries. Although industry clusters have existed for centuries, the cluster concept has only recently been formulated in economic terms and has begun to attract considerable interest from scholars and policymakers over the last 20 years. READ MORE
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5. Medical technology innovation ecosystems : factors influencing the formation of new companies
Abstract : This thesis focuses on how the medical technology (MedTech) innovationecosystems contribute to the formation of start-ups. An innovation ecosysteminvolves collaboration and the exchange of resources in order to stimulate its owndevelopment and change over time. READ MORE