Leadership In Biobusiness

Compiled and adapted from completed assignments produced by USC graduate students participating in the inter-disciplinary course, "BioBusiness: A Strategic Perspective" (GSBA-599, Spring 2005), offered by the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

A compilation of approaches to financing innovative new technologies generated as a result of a collaborative project of the Center for the Study of Emerging Markets (California State University, Fullerton) and the Global BioBusiness Initiative

How do leaders learn to lead? How do leaders set themselves up for success? This book explores the real-life experiences of a wide variety of leaders from different industries, sectors, and countries to bring to light new lessons on the importance of life-long learning. Consisting primarily of a series of probing interviews, Good Leaders Learn presents the challenges, triumphs, and reflections of 31 senior and high-profile leaders, offering insight into how they learned to lead during their careers. The book pulls important and useful perspectives into a robust theoretical framework that includes the importance of innate curiosity, challenging oneself, risk-taking, and other key elements of good leadership. With practical insights complemented by the latest leadership research and theory, this book will help current and potential leaders to build a solid foundation of the leadership qualities vital to their continuing success.

Technology breakthroughs in sustainable renewable energy and energy conservation technologies require that there be a strong institutional ecosystem in place which supports innovation, but the nature of this foundation and how it works is not well-known. Becoming a leader necessitates new forms of cross-sector cooperation.

A book on the early initiatives by Bill Gates and his Foundation to revolutionize the global effort aimed at immunizing the world's children against infectious diseases, a major killer in the developing world. Written by leading social historian and chronicler of recent developments in international public health, William Muraskin, PhD

Carlos Ledó had been waiting for that call for years. It was the year 2018 and the warm breeze of April immersed him in the warm memory of beginnings that now seemed distant. Gone was his activity as an advisor to agricultural estates. Further, his training as an agricultural engineer. Now, he smiled to himself as he recalled how his curiosity lit the fuse of the enterprise.

Drawing on a wide range of interviews and primary and secondary sources, this book investigates the dynamic interactions between national regulatory formation and the global biopolitics of regenerative medicine and human embryonic stem cell science.