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Key National Factors in the Emergence of Computational Chemistry Firms

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  • Surya Mahdi

    (Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Jakarta 10340, Indonesia)

  • Keith Pavitt

    (Science Policy Research Unit, Mantell Building, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RF, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Using information compiled from the Internet, we find that the number of computational chemistry firms in each of the 10 OECD countries (The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia) is: (i) strongly correlated with the country's strength in computational chemistry science and with the extent of the national scientific networks; (ii) is weakly correlated with the size of the domestic markets; and (iii) not correlated with the extent of the infrastructure as measured by the number of supercomputers installed. These results show that the emergence of firms based on new science depends heavily on the strength of universities and public research institutes in the underlying sciences. This is particularly true for the leading country — the United States.

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  • Surya Mahdi & Keith Pavitt, 1997. "Key National Factors in the Emergence of Computational Chemistry Firms," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(04), pages 355-386.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:01:y:1997:i:04:n:s1363919697000188
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919697000188
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    1. Owen-Smith, Jason, 2003. "From separate systems to a hybrid order: accumulative advantage across public and private science at Research One universities," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 1081-1104, June.
    2. Keith Pavitt, 2001. "Can the Large Penrosian Firm cope with the Dynamics of Technology?," SPRU Working Paper Series 68, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    3. Corrocher Nicoletta & Malerba Franco & Montobbio Fabio, 2003. "The emergence of new technologies in the ICT field: main actors, geographical distribution and knowledge sources," Economics and Quantitative Methods qf0317, Department of Economics, University of Insubria.
    4. Azagra-Caro, Joaquin M. & Archontakis, Fragiskos & Gutierrez-Gracia, Antonio & Fernandez-de-Lucio, Ignacio, 2006. "Faculty support for the objectives of university-industry relations versus degree of R&D cooperation: The importance of regional absorptive capacity," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 37-55, February.
    5. Stéphane Malo & Aldo Geuna, 2000. "Science-Technology Linkages in an Emerging Research Platform: The Case of Combinatorial Chemistry and Biology," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 47(2), pages 303-321, February.
    6. Corrocher, Nicoletta & Malerba, Franco & Montobbio, Fabio, 2007. "Schumpeterian patterns of innovative activity in the ICT field," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(3), pages 418-432, April.

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