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| Kolympiris, Christos; Klein, Peter G.; Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.. |
| Why do biotech firms cluster? New and established firms in biotech clusters are said to capitalize on knowledge spillovers, labor-market pooling, and other externalities. Some have even argued that such spillovers are so strong that the cluster itself, rather than the individual, is the locus of entrepreneurship. Such arguments, however, do not resolve the mechanism by which clusters might contribute to the establishment of new firms. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the locational choices of entrepreneurial firms in the life-sciences industry. Building on both the cluster literature and the literature on entrepreneurship, we develop hypotheses about how cluster characteristics, the entrepreneurs personal characteristics, and... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology; Clusters; Knowledge spillovers; Agglomeration economies; Industrial Organization; L26; L65; O18; O32. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9761 |
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| Marks, Leonie A.; Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.; Allison, Kevin; Zakharova, Ludmila. |
| This study examines media coverage of genetically modified (GM) crops in a risk communication framework. Content analysis is employed to investigate how specific environmental, food safety, and landmark events, such as the monarch butterfly and Pusztai controversies, and the cloning of Dolly-the-sheep, were reported by the media. Media coverage is from United Kingdom and United States newspapers over the period 1990 through 2001. On balance, findings show that the UK press has been more negative than the U.S. press in its coverage of GM crops. In addition, environmental and food safety events had a significant impact on the level and cycle of GM crop coverage. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Biosafety; Content analysis; Environment; GM crops; GMOs; Media coverage; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14674 |
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| Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.; Taylor, Timothy G.. |
| The relationship between the degree of competitive market pressure and the rate of productivity growth is empirically investigated with a case study of the Florida fresh winter vegetable industry. The results indicate that crops which faced considerable competitive pressure exhibited significant productivity growth while the crops that faced minimal competitive pressure generally exhibited little growth in productivity. Thus, the hypothesis that competitive pressure is positively related to productivity growth is supported. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30014 |
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| Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.; Dunn, Elizabeth G.. |
| In this study it is argued that conflicting empirical results on the relationship between technical efficiency and education may be in part attributed to difficulties in the measurement of key variables. Calculation of technical efficiency with three alternative frontier methods for a sample of Guatemalan corn farms resulted in significant differences both in the average technical efficiency of the sample and the efficiency rankings of individual farms. Furthermore, following two-step procedures where technical efficiency is regressed against a set of explanatory variables, it is shown that the choice of efficiency measurement technique can alter the importance of education as a contributing factor to increased technical efficiency. An alternative... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31462 |
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