Networks of dedicated biotechnology and service firms in Vancouver

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J Bliemel ◽  
Ian P McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Service Firms ◽  
Coupling Theory ◽  
Biotechnology Firms ◽  
Structural Embeddedness ◽  
Medium Range ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Contract Research Organisations

Survival and growth of firms depends on their relationships to other organisations, including key suppliers, customers, supporters and competitors. This study compares geographic aspects of the networks of biotechnology firms (DBFs) and contract research organisations and service firms (CROs) in Vancouver, Canada. We find that for DBFs the key actors (organisations and individuals) that they network with are globally located (ie not local), despite the DBFs having originated from a local university. In contrast, CROs are more likely to network with local actors, and with actors on the same continent. Of the DBFs providing performance data, the distribution of their performance is consistent with recent developments in structural embeddedness theory (ie network coupling theory). This suggests that their performance may be inhibited if they are under- or over-embedded in their network, with the greatest opportunity for success in a medium range of coupling.

EYE ON CHINA

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Virus Vaccine ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Future Science ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Contract Research Organisations

China’s 2018 Future Science Prize winners announced. China tops world in alcohol-related deaths. Nanotech to inhibit wheat sprouting. New antibacterial hydrogel for wound healing. Genetically modified Zika virus vaccine to treat brain tumour. Semi-elastic nanoparticles to deliver drugs. Chinese stent for heart disease reported safe in European patients. First China-developed drug for colorectal cancer approved in China. More medicines added to the national list of essential medicines. Recent revisions in Chinese regulations open new doors for contract research organisations.

scholarly journals Satisfaction with service recovery: Its measurement and its outcomes

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Boshoff ◽  
G. Staude
Keyword(s):  
Service Failure ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Recovery Satisfaction ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Effective Service

Persistent poor service delivery will have a harmful impact on the survival and growth prospects of service firms. The literature contends that, if service failures occur, there are strategies that service firms can employ to return customers to a state of satisfaction. Very little scholarly research has been done, however, to assess the satisfaction of customers after service firms have tried to recover from service failure. Although anecdotal evidence suggest it, no empirical research has been done to confirm that effective service recovery will ensure ‘overall’ satisfaction, or the long-term loyalty of complaining customers.The purpose of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of an instrument purported to measure satisfaction with service recovery (RECOVSAT), and to determine which dimensions of service recovery satisfaction are the most important predictors of overall satisfaction and loyalty.

From Spin Glasses to Glasses

1996 ◽  
Vol 455 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Bouchaud ◽  
M. Mezard
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Spin Glasses ◽  
Mode Coupling ◽  
Random Potential ◽  
Mean Field Theory ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Coupling Theory ◽  
Aging Effects ◽  
First Order ◽  
Recent Developments

ABSTRACTWe discuss some aspects of the links between the behaviour and theory of spin glasses and that of structural glasses of the fragile type. We review the present status of the conjecture according to which a certain class of spin glass mean field theories (those with first order transitions) could provide a mean field theory for the glass transition. Recent developments pointing in that direction include the existence of spin glasses without disorder, and the general link between Mode-Coupling Theory (MCT) and the motion of a particle in a random potential. This link enables one to generalize the MCT equations for temperatures below the glass transition, and to describe aging effects. We compare these results with those obtained within more phonomonological ‘trap’ models.

scholarly journals WHY DOES IT HAPPEN IN PHYSICS? OPINIONS OF EUROPEAN PHYSICISTS ON GENDER INEQUALITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Ewa Krzaklewska ◽  
Paulina Sekuła ◽  
Ewelina Ciaputa ◽  
Justyna Struzik
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Gender Equality Policy

The article aims to describe and analyse the opinions of European physicists as to the reasons for the overrepresentation of men in the discipline, as well as to supply some reflections on the barriers encountered by female physicists in their careers. The article is based on qualitative data  – 83 in-depth interviews with female and male physicists  – collected in 2016 and 2017 under the framework of the project “Gender Equality Network in European Research Area” (GENERA). The main reasons voiced by interviewees for the gender imbalance in physics are to be found ‘outside’ the scientific institutions themselves, namely the early processes of the socialisation of girls and boys, together with existing gender stereotypes. Other reasons are related to recent developments in academia linked to work organization and structural conditions  – precariousness, competitiveness, and the demand for mobility, but also to a masculinised working culture resulting in gender bias, as well as microaggressions and discrimination. In relation to recent studies showing that awareness of gender (in) equalities remains of crucial importance for structural/institutional change, the article reflects on the potential implications of the perception by physicists of the determinants of gender inequality for the implementation of gender equality policy in research organisations.

Practical issues in conducting multinational, multicenter trials managed by Contract Research Organisations

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-153
Author(s):  
M Placchi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Agent ◽  
Clinical Development ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Contract Research ◽  
Multicenter Trials ◽  
Practice Organization ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Joint Evaluation ◽  
Contract Research Organisations

Large multinational, multicenter trials are increasingly being performed during Phase III of the clinical development of a psychotropic drug to demonstrate the efficacy of the new therapeutic agent in the shortest possible time. The testing of the new drug therapy under a common protocol, foreseeing the combination of clinical data collected across countries for a joint evaluation, is becoming more frequent in drug development. Usually, Sponsors use the services of Contract Research Organisations (CROs) to undertake and manage such large multinational, multicenter trials.The Sponsor who is setting up large definitive CRO-managed studies with psychotropics may anticipate to encounter issues along the following lines: Psychiatric Practice, Organization and Logistics, Data Integration and Manpower.

The Pharma-biotech Complex and Interconnected Regional Innovation Arenas

Urban Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (13) ◽  
pp. 2867-2894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Zeller
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Corporate Networks ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Biotechnology Firms ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Money Flows ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Development Trajectories

Large pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology firms, publicly funded research organisations and financial organisations which are inseparably connected and located in a few key regions have built a hierarchical pharma-biotech complex. It is argued that large corporations establish networks to access regionally concentrated knowledge bases. These networks consist of money flows, knowledge and personnel. By establishing such networks, large firms considerably shape and interconnect the development dynamics in the regions in which they have strategic assets. The paper reveals how the economic development trajectories of the urban regions of Basel, New Jersey and Boston are connected by large pharmaceutical firms and the industrial dynamics of the combined pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Such strong corporate networks result in the globally combined and interdependent development of urban regions.

scholarly journals Big-pharmaceuticalisation: Clinical trials and Contract Research Organisations in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salla Sariola ◽  
Deapica Ravindran ◽  
Anand Kumar ◽  
Roger Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Contract Research ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Contract Research Organisations
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