The New Players in Life Sciences Innovation Best Practices in R&D from Around the World, The

Tomasz Mroczkowski is a full professor of International Business at the Kogod School of Business, American University in Washington, DC. He currently teaches international business and management in emerging economies in the Kogod School’s MBA program, and teaches in the special Master’s program in biotechnology management at the ESCP-Europe business school in Paris, France. His areas of research include innovation and business development in emerging economies, international outsourcing, and globalization of R&D in the life science and biotech industries. He is author of some 90 works published in the United States, UK, Japan, India, and Poland.

Mroczkowski has guest lectured at the National Defense Academy of Japan, Copenhagen Business School, University of Cambridge, and University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has also conducted executive seminars for leading companies including GM, AT&T, Union Carbide, GE, and Polaroid. He is Academic Director of the Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy in Warsaw, advised Poland’s Minister of Foreign Trade, and currently advises Wroclaw’s EIT+ high technology zone.

He has been featured on the NBC Nightly News, was interviewed by Tokyo Shinbun and Shinichi Shinbun, and contributed to the AsianWall Street Journal and the JapanTimes. He holds a B.A. and an M.S. from Jagiellonian University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Economics, Krakow, Poland.

Acknowledgments     viii

About the Author     ix

Chapter 1 Power Shifts in Global R&D and Innovation: What They Mean for Firms in Life Science Businesses     1

Chapter 2 The Race for the Best National Innovation System: Who Has the Most Effective Strategy     37

Chapter 3 A Reshuffling of Markets and Growth Opportunities     73

Chapter 4 Improving R&D Productivity: Contract Research and Discovery Collaborations with the New Players as Solutions     109

Chapter 5 Globalization of Clinical Trials: It Is Not Just About Slashing Costs     151

Chapter 6 Accelerating Innovation: Bioparks, Technology Zones, and Emerging Clusters     193

Chapter 7 Company Strategies of Global R&D Collaborations: From West Meets West to West Meets East     229

Chapter 8 The Future: The Expanding Universe of Global Innovation     269

Endnotes     303

Index     331

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