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L'evoluzione della competitività dell'industria farmaceutica italiana
No full textAnalisi dell'evoluzione della competitività dell'industria farmaceutica italian
“Modelli History-Friendly dell’evoluzione industriale”
No full textdiscussione dei modelli history friendl
Los “modelos amistosos de la istoria” en el analisis de la evolucion de las industria: objetivos y aplicaciones
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The (failed?) development of a biotechnology cluster. The case of Lombardy
No full textThis paper discusses the development of the biotechnology industry in an Italian region, Lombardy. It asks why significant innovative activities in biotechnology did not emerge in what might have been considered at the outset a promising area for the growth of this industry and why in very recent years some timid symptoms of dynamism seem to be appearing. After an overview of the patterns of the development of biotechnology in Italy, the specific case of Lombardy, is described. Then, the paper discusses what kind of factors might explain the lagging behind of the Italian (and more generally, European) biotechnology industry vis-à-vis the United States
The Evolution of the Life Science Industries
No full textCollection of papers on the evolution of life sciences industrie
User-producer relations, innovation and the evolution of market structures under alternative contractual regimes
No full textIn this paper we examine the effects that user-producer interactions have on innovation and the dynamics of market structure of two vertically related industries under alternative contractual regimes. The existence of advantages stemming from users-producers relationships introduces a dynamic “matching” problem between firms characterized by heterogeneous capabilities and imperfect information who act in a continuously changing environment but are however able to improve their products also through interactive and interdependent learning processes. Our results highlight the subtle trade-offs and
dynamic interdependencies that arise in these contexts. In particular, we show that:
a. a trade-off is present between the exploitation of past experience and the exploration of new suppliers;
b. externalities are present, even if the advantages arising from interactions do not spill over to other firms;
c. imperfect information and agents heterogeneity are crucial factors in determining the consequences of alternative contractual arrangements on industry dynamics;
d. vertical interdependencies propagate the effects of specific firms’ decisions across industries and over time, so that the resulting dynamics is characterized by interacting path-dependent processes
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