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by Mark D. Dibner, William F. Hamilton, and Joaquim Vila. Dr.Dibner Director of the Biotechnology Information Program at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, P.O. Box 13547, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Dr. Hamilton is the Landau Professor of Management and Technology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vila is a research fellow from CIRIT-Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain, now in the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dibner, M., Hamilton, W. & Vila, J. The Maturing of Biotech Companies: Shifting Emphasis from Science to Business. Nat Biotechnol 6, 276–279 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0388-276
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0388-276
