Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology: Managing for Growth from Start-Up to Initial Public Offering

Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology: Managing for Growth from Start-Up to Initial Public Offering
ISBN-10
3642574327
ISBN-13
9783642574320
Category
Science
Pages
323
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Martin Grossmann

Description

Research and development of novel medicines for human therapy commonly takes over a decade before significant revenues from sales are forthcoming. How can biotechnology companies be founded and grow successfully in an industry with such extended innovation processes? The book investigates this problem and distinguishes three growth phases: From incorporation and start-up through collaborative R&D with large pharmaceutical firms to value creation from R&D pipelines to Public Offerings and product marketing. In this book a dynamic simulation model for testing different decision-making strategies is developed. For each phase the author identifies decision rules that provide for successful corporate growth.

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