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Mobility of science

entrepreneurs for

bioinformatics

venture creation

Building an efficient, highly talented founder team is a
critical factor for forming successful ventures.

Innovation ecosystems that exhibit a healthy innovation
performance attract outstanding talents, such as founders.
At the same time, thriving innovation ecosystems increase
the attractiveness of an ecosystem, leading to increased
mobility of exceptional talents to work and study there.

We assess the mobility of foreign and local bioinformatics
founders of innovation ecosystems. Comparing the number
of founders that studied in a country with the number of
those who started a venture in the same country, we obtain
an entrepreneur export ratio.

If the ratio is below one, we consider the ecosystem an
exporter of founders, while a ratio above one indicates an
importer.