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Author Rond, Mark de.

Title Strategic alliances as social facts : business, biotechnology, and intellectual history / Mark de Rond.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
Contents Paradoxes of alliance life -- The context of drug discovery -- Through the looking glass 1: Rummidgen and Plethora -- Through the looking glass 2: Cambiogen and Plethora -- Through the looking glass 3: Bionatura and Pflegum Courtal -- Putting two and two together: revisiting theory and practice -- Strategy, structure, and structuration: the general in the particular -- The hedgehog and the fox: the particular in the general -- The legitimacy of messiness.
Summary Mark de Rond examines the social dimension of strategic alliances and the importance of the individuals involved. Based on in-depth case studies of three major biotechnology alliances, the book combines insights from social theory and intellectual history with mainstream strategic management literature to provide a refreshing and thought-provoking analysis.
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Subject Strategic alliances (Business)
Strategic alliances (Business)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rond, Mark de. Strategic alliances as social facts. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521811104 (DLC) 2003282100 (OCoLC)52058115
ISBN 9780511488559 (electronic book)
0511488556 (electronic book)
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9780511120206 (electronic book)
0511064403 (electronic book)
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0511072864
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1280161078
9781280161070
0521811104 (Cloth)
9780521811101 (hardback)