Lesson 1: the life sciences industry really is exceptional -- Lesson 2: the mission matters -- Lesson 3: the big issue is bicongruence -- Lesson 4: the leader is a decisive facilitator -- Lesson 5: leadership is an intensely individualistic task -- Lesson 6: subsidiarity is a contingent craft --...

Written for marketing and finance directors, CEOs, and strategists, as well as MBA students, this practical book explains the principles and practice behind rigorous due diligence in marketing. It connects marketing plans and investment to the valuation of the firm and how it can contribute to...

This thesis contributes to the understanding of the effectiveness of marketing strategy making processes. It examines how such effectiveness is contingent upon the internal and external environments in which the process operates and, therefore, how the requisite process is contingent upon its...

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Foreword by Andreas Fibig -- Foreword by G. Steven Burrill -- Part I A Stalling Industry -- Chapter 1 Whither Pharma? The World's Most...