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Challenges in Technology Entrepreneurship: Managing Inter-professional Conflicts in Biopharmaceutical Enterprises

Author : Călin Gurău

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Biopharmaceutical enterprises represent classical examples of knowledge organisations that integrate multiple professional cultures. The two main professional groups that should cooperate for the success of the new biopharmaceutical venture—business people and scientists—have, however, different sets of values, which can determine intra-organisational tensions and conflicts. The present study attempts to identify the existing conflicts between the professional sub-cultures that coexist in a biopharmaceutical SME, and to analyse the conflict management procedures employed by the manager-entrepreneur to reconcile the interests, requirements and visions of various groups that work in the organisation.

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Metadata
Title
Challenges in Technology Entrepreneurship: Managing Inter-professional Conflicts in Biopharmaceutical Enterprises
Author
Călin Gurău
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Industry 4.0

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-49603-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-49604-7

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49604-7_15