• Three essays on location aspects in biotechnology entrepreneurship 

    Kolympiris, Christos, 1980- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    Mainly due to the potential of knowledge spillovers facilitated by spatial proximity biotechnology firms may benefit from the spatial collocation of similar firms so that they increase their venture capital funds. Essay 1 ...
  • Three essays on the competitiveness of the US corn seed industry 

    Magnier de Maisonneuve, Alexandre, 1976- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation provides an analysis of various aspects of the competitivity of the US corn seed industry. In the first essay I develop a price ...