
A recent study by Vesna Vlaisavljevic (UB Business School), Bart Van Looy (KU Leuven), Marcelina Grabowska (JRC- European Commission), Catherine Lecocq (Ghent University), and Koenraad Debackere (KU Leuven) examines the growth of biotech clusters worldwide from 1978 to 2015. This research, named “Growth of biotech clusters over several decades through pioneering, variety and entrepreneurial science”, published in the prestigious journal Nature Biotech, highlights how biotechnology has transitioned from fundamental science to various applications, including pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and materials, thereby creating…