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Integrating intellectual property within the organizational social structure

Nature Biotechnology volume 21, pages 573–575 (2003)Cite this article

Biotech companies can gain a competitive advantage by coordinating their IP-related knowledge across departments.

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Figure 1: The upper half depicts a 'traditional' functional organizational chart used by most biotechnology companies.

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I.D. acknowledges the support of the Judge Institute of Management and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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