1st Edition
The High-Tech CEO How to Lead R&D When You're Not the Expert
By Jan Rosier
Copyright 2022
130 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
130 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
130 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the impact of CEOs on firm performance and focuses on their role in science-based innovation to answer the question, is it possible to lead highly complex R&D projects and innovation that you do not understand?
Today, science and technology move so fast that even managers of R&D teams can become quickly disconnected from new developments. Similarly, business... Read more
1. Introduction – A Valid Question 2. CEOs and Firm Performance 3. CEOs and Innovation 4. CEOs and Science-Based Innovation 5. CEO Absorptive Capacity
Biography
Jan Rosier is the ELAN Professor of the Business of Biotechnology at UCD. He holds both a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences (Ghent University, Belgium) and a doctorate in management (Cranfield School of Management, UK). Prior to his academic appointment, he was instrumental in the development of several new breakthrough drugs and was CEO of a start-up high-tech firm.
