Venture Capital and the European Biotechnology Industry
ISBN:
978-0-230-21719-5
Auflage:
2009
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.11.2008
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
220
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This book opens up the world on private equity investment in one of the hottest industries – Biotechnology. The book describes how Europe has fallen behind the US due to under-investment and bad management by the VCs who control the companies. Detailed analysis shows why it is in VCs' interests to damage the very companies they invest in.
Biografische Anmerkung
WILLIAM BAINS is an academic and entrepreneur with experience in research, company creation and venture capital. He has founded four biotechnology companies, helped found and finance another ten, and is internationally recognized both as
an innovator in biotechnology and a translator of innovation into business. He has written over 100 papers and teaches on innovation and entrepreneurship at Cambridge University, UK.
an innovator in biotechnology and a translator of innovation into business. He has written over 100 papers and teaches on innovation and entrepreneurship at Cambridge University, UK.
