Application of timing option to founding investment decision of biotech start-ups

In the field of life sciences, biotech start-ups are expected to follow a more rapid commercialization process than that experienced by big pharmaceutical companies. There are about 300 public companies out of 1500 biotech start-ups in the United States, but only 23 public companies out of about 500...

Verfasser: Fujiwara, Takao
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2011
Publikation in MIAMI:06.08.2012
Datum der letzten Änderung:01.09.2022
Quelle:Journal of Business Chemistry, 8 (2011) 3, S. 133-146
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Fachgebiet (DDC):330: Wirtschaft
Lizenz:InC 1.0
Sprache:Englisch
Anmerkungen:Section "Research Paper"
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-69379462121
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-69379462121
Onlinezugriff:2011_vol-8_iss3_133-146.pdf
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