Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Robbins-Roth, Cynthia

Description

301 p.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Leaving the ivory tower

Subject

• Universities
• Vocational Guidance
• Career Choice
• Science
• Science > Vocational guidance > United States
• United States

Note

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

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780125893763
• 0125893760

LCCN

^^2006280266

OCLC

• 137335073
• SCSB-10419009

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library