Knowledge production and knowledge flows in the Swedish biotechnology innovation system

As a basis for policy decisions, governments are increasingly using analysi s of systems of innovation. Fundamental to the systems of innovation approa ch is the recognition that innovation processes essentially are interactive activities. The present paper illustrates the use and limitations of bibliometries in a nalysing the knowledge production and knowledge flows in a section of an in novation system focusing on life science subject fields relevant to innovat ion processes in biotechnology. Bibliometrics can in this context be used t o identify the actors in a research intensive innovation system, the scient ific profiles of actors as well as identifying networks and collaboration p atterns.