Business models in Italian biotechnology industry: a quantitative analysis

Abstract The aim of this research is to study the business models of the Italian biotechnological firms through a statistical analysis, using the data base made up in the previous work by the same authors of this paper. The results of the study show the existence of four clusters grouping biotechnological firms: ‘service companies’, ‘small research companies’ (NBFs), ‘Traditional integrated firms’, ‘Industrialized Integrated firms’. We then analyse the patterns of the development of biotechnological firms in Italy.