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Alternative careers in science : leaving the ivory tower

Title

Alternative careers in science : leaving the ivory tower / edited by Cynthia Robbins-Roth.

Format

Book

Edition

2nd ed.

Published

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2006.

Description

301 pages ; 23 cm

URL

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Other contributors

Robbins-Roth, Cynthia.

Variant title

Leaving the ivory tower

Notes

"Scientific survival skills"--Cover. Includes index.

Contents

• A scientist gone bad : how I went from the bench to the boardroom / Cynthia Robbins-Roth
• Technical writing : making sense out of manuals / Clayton R. Randall (second edition updated by Cynthia Robbins-Roth)
• Science writing : communicating with the masses / Sue Goetinck Ambrose
• Creating a publishing empire : how I gave up academic and became an entrepreneurial editor / Roger Longman
• Business information services : providing the data for industry / Mark D. Dibner
• Becoming a venture capitalist / Deepa Pakianathan
• Investment banking : dreams and reality / Peter Drake (second edition updated by Cynthia Robbins-Roth)
• How I became an analyst : science-based investment advising / Mary Ann Gray
• Entrepreneur and company founder : starting your own company and surviving / Ron Cohen
• Business development : making deals with science / Ronald Pepin
• The growth of a manager : from pure research to policy administration / Philip W. Hammer
• Regulatory affairs : keeping product development on track / Elizabeth D. Moyer
• Patent law careers : protecting the intellectual property of science / Alexandra J. Baran
• Entering biomedical and scientific consulting / Robert Roth
• Sales and marketing : so you want to sell? / Erin Hall Meade
• From doing research to moving research : my life in tech transfer / Paula Szoka
• Corporate communications : helping companies sell their stories / Tony Russo
• Executive search : the hunt for exceptional talent / Bente Hansen
• Consultant to the stars : advising CEOs for fun and profit / Carol Hall
• Biomedical consultant : specializing in technology assessment, strategic planning, and grant writing / Gail Schechter
• Science and public policy : translating between two worlds / David Applegate
• Economic development advisor : building a biotech industry for an entire country / Gina Lento
• Government agencies : directing science in the military / Genevieve Haddad
• Appendix : information resources about alternative careers for scientists / Cynthia Robbins-Roth.

Subject headings

Science--Vocational guidance--United States.

Medical subjects

Science. Vocational Guidance. Science--Autobiography.

ISBN

9780125893763 0125893760

Standard Identifier

9780125893760