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Innovation Commercialization and Start-Ups in Life Sciences

Innovation is a translation of a new method idea or product into reality and profit. It is a process of connected steps that accumulates into a brand reputation required for success. Unlike Fortune 500 companies whose projects are self-funded a start-up must simultaneously have a value proposition that attracts a customer (for revenue) investors (for capital) and acquirers (for a liquidity event or IPO). A high percentage of start-ups fail before attaining positive cashflow due to a variety of reasons that are detailed in this book. Avoiding the pitfalls and wrong turns are the goals of this book. Innovation Commercialization and Start-Ups in Life Sciences details the methodologies necessary to create a successful life science start-up from initiation to exit. Written by an expert who has worked with more nearly 500 life science start-ups this book discusses specific processes and investor milestones that must be navigated to align customer funder and acquirer needs. Successful commercialization requires attention to multiple constituents such as investors regulators and customers. Investors require liquidity for their return which is achieved through selling their stock in a public or private sale. The reader will gain an appreciation for the necessary data partnerships and skills needed to create a competitive and sustainable company. The author discusses such specific issues as customer problems demonstrating sales access and ensuring intellectual property is impervious to competitive advancement. This book is intended to be suitable for entrepreneurs venture capitalists and investors in both business and academic settings. These organizations have specific departments such as R&D operations business development legal regulatory and marketing that would also benefit from this book. FEATURES Focuses specifically on life science start-ups Examines how to determine a company valuation and future fundable milestones Explores how to align regulatory and clinical strategies Discusses intellectual property derived from a university or individual through formation to exit. Reviews how start‐ups must simultaneously meet the needs of multiple constituencies at once: investors regulators customers and exit candidates James F. Jordan is an author consultant and speaker. He is a Distinguished Service Professor of Healthcare & Biotechnology Management a former Fortune 100 executive and a managing director of a venture fund. Access the Support Material: https://healthcaredata. center/ Cover design by Sarah Mailhott.

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Analyzing Baseball Data with R Second Edition

Analyzing Baseball Data with R Second Edition introduces R to sabermetricians baseball enthusiasts and students interested in exploring the richness of baseball data. It equips you with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all the analysis steps from importing the data to transforming them into an appropriate format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the ggplot2 graphics functions and employ a tidyverse-friendly workflow throughout. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics including the Pythagorean formula runs expectancy catcher framing career trajectories simulation of games and seasons patterns of streaky behavior of players and launch angles and exit velocities. All the datasets and R code used in the text are available online. New to the second edition are a systematic adoption of the tidyverse and incorporation of Statcast player tracking data (made available by Baseball Savant). All code from the first edition has been revised according to the principles of the tidyverse. Tidyverse packages including dplyr ggplot2 tidyr purrr and broom are emphasized throughout the book. Two entirely new chapters are made possible by the availability of Statcast data: one explores the notion of catcher framing ability and the other uses launch angle and exit velocity to estimate the probability of a home run. Through the book’s various examples you will learn about modern sabermetrics and how to conduct your own baseball analyses. Max Marchi is a Baseball Analytics Analyst for the Cleveland Indians. He was a regular contributor to The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus websites and previously consulted for other MLB clubs. Jim Albert is a Distinguished University Professor of statistics at Bowling Green State University. He has authored or coauthored several books including Curve Ball and Visualizing Baseball and was the editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports. Ben Baumer is an assistant professor of statistical & data sciences at Smith College. Previously a statistical analyst for the New York Mets he is a co-author of The Sabermetric Revolution and Modern Data Science with R.

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Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery

This book is a ‘go-to’ guide for postgraduate Orthopaedic examinations as well as for Orthopaedic surgeons for trauma and elective foot and ankle surgery. A streamlined approach ensures that the 22 core topics are covered in a succinct and practical way. Foot and ankle surgery is a vast topic that can be daunting to revise due to the complex and diverse nature of associated pathologies. This highly illustrated succinct text together with key learning points ensures a rapid understanding of all the essential elements of foot and ankle surgery. * Provides ‘need -to-know’ information for Orthopaedic surgeons * Assists with exam preparation for postgraduate exit exams such as the FRCS (Trauma & Orth) * Simple succinct and concise * Over 500 illustrations to aid learning * Accompanying website with MCQs and videos of clinical examination and surgical techniques Orthopaedic surgeons registrars and trainees other specialty doctors general practioners and physiotherapists with musculoskeletal interest and podiatrists will all find here ‘gold standard’ answers to foot and ankle conditions. | Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery

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Maritime Law

Now in its fifth edition this authoritative guide covers all of the core aspects of maritime law in one distinct volume. Maritime Law is written by a team of leading academics and practitioners each expert in their own field. Together they provide clear concise and fully up-to-date coverage of topics ranging from bills of lading to arrest of ships all written in an accessible and engaging style. As English law is heavily relied on throughout the maritime world this book is grounded in English law whilst continuing to analyse the key international conventions currently in force. Brand new coverage includes: The impact of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 which amends the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Over one hundred new cases from the English courts the Court of Justice of the European Union and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Changes to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 including the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU exit) Regulations 2019. Discussion of the Incoterms 2020 which are available for incorporation into sale contracts from 1 January 2020. Updates on litigation and amendments to the Admiralty Civil Procedure Rules. This book is a comprehensive reference source for students academics and legal practitioners worldwide especially those new to maritime law or a particular field therein.

GBP 59.99

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The Psychology of Entrepreneurship New Perspectives

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives is an update of the earlier landmark volume in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Organizational Frontiers Series. This new book takes stock of the advances in the field of the psychology of entrepreneurship with all new chapters and presents the latest findings on traditional topics such as cognition motivation affect personality and action. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives compiles research of the most prolific scholars in the field to produce an overview of the most important psychological topics relevant to entrepreneurship. It includes novel insights into topics such as entrepreneurial cognition intrapreneurship and innovation leadership entrepreneurial competencies action theory entrepreneurship training and the process of entrepreneurship. Additionally the updated volume presents new topics that have become more and more important in entrepreneurship research. These topics include affect clinical psychology and disorders biological correlates of entrepreneurship entrepreneurial teams culture identity starting capital failure and exit contextual factors age and demographic change evidence-based entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs’ well-being. With a collection of authors comprising experts who have developed the field over the last decade The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives is vital to all students scholars and instructors interested in staying abreast of the most current novel research and insights into the psychology of entrepreneurship. | The Psychology of Entrepreneurship New Perspectives

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Innovation Globalization and Firm Dynamics Lessons for Enterprise Policy

This book is about the relationship between firm dynamics innovation and globalization the processes that are essential for long term economic growth and welfare creation. This volume deals with these three issues in three sections titled respectively: entrepreneurship new firm formation and growth; productivity-innovation-growthnexus; globalization multinational firms and producers’ dynamics. The book presents new studies written by distinguished researchers in the field who use state-of-the-art methodologies and extensive sources of firm- and plant-level longitudinal data to analyze and understand these major economic issues facing modern economies. In the first section the book proposes two comprehensive introductory surveys which explore in detail the underpinnings of entrepreneurship new firm formation and growth in advanced and developing countries. The second fundamental issue productivity-innovation and firm dynamics is approached by examining key drivers of selection mechanisms such as size scale elasticity innovative efforts financial fragility of the firms barriers to entry and exit capital and financial market distortions institutional inefficiencies and other market imperfections which affect the ability of firms to expand or enter. The third section examines differences linkages and intertwined evolution of foreign and domestic firms in their dynamics of survival and growth in different institutional contexts and periods. Each chapter includes a detailed discussion of the implications of the respective analyses for enterprise policy. In a concluding chapter the overall implications for enterprise policy of the analyses presented in the different chapters are drawn by the Editors. This approach ensures that the book is integrated around a coherent central theme in comprehensive framework. The book responds to a growing concern among scholars professionals and policy makers over the recent decades about firm ability to survive and compete in a context of increasing globalization and international competition. The approach adopted is both theoretical and empirical with consideration of paradigmatic case studies in Europe Africa and Asia providing new evidence on developed developing and transition economies in a comparative perspective. The cases selected represent different levels of development different firms strategies and paths with distinct outcomes. The book is an essential reading for scholars and students concerned with industry development public policy and globalization as well as to all those involved professionally in such issues. | Innovation Globalization and Firm Dynamics Lessons for Enterprise Policy

GBP 46.99

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