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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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'With this well-referenced book Dr Bains has filled an important lacuna within the literature on European biotech VC [venture capital] financing with an accessible primer for MBA students particularly those researching biopharma and VC business cases and for students undertaking specialist, industry-focused, post-graduate courses.' Gerhard Symons, Pharmaceutical Executive Europe
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Venture Capital and the European Biotechnology Industry
Authors: William Bains
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227262
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21719-5Published: 20 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30381-6Published: 01 January 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22726-2Published: 20 November 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 220
Topics: Small Business, Start-Ups/Venture Capital, Accounting/Auditing, Business Strategy/Leadership, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biotechnology