Venture Capital and the European Biotechnology Industry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Av W. Bains, William Bains

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-11-20
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt388 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
Upplaga2009
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230217195

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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.

Introduction: The Facts The Biotechnology Industry and Venture Capital Europe Falls Behind Why Does Europe Do So Poorly? Some Inadequate Explanations Under-investment In European Biotechnology Public Markets and Under-investment VC Management of Companies VC Effects on Business Efficacy Investor Blockade of Business Pomp and Circumstances The Real VC Business Model What to do about it: Government What to do about it: Business References Index