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Reseña: Written in an engaging and accessible style by a global team of multidisciplinary experts, "From Innovation to Cash Flows" contains realistic insights, examples, sample contracts, and frameworks to help entrepreneurs start up high-technology ventures. Readers will see, step by step, how to protect their scientific inventions, create business models, structure strategic alliances, license intellectual property rights, do patent searches, make patent maps, interpret competitive intelligence, and conduct due diligence. The book provides complete analysis of detailed transaction terms that cover the risks related to such alliances and investment deals. In addition to company valuation techniques, it explores evolving business models in biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals. Constance Lutolf-Carroll, MBA (Milan, Italy), is an equity investor, entrepreneur, and educator in strategy and finance. Antti Pirnes, MSc (Helsinki, Finland), is a patent analyst, entrepreneur, and experienced biotech researcher.

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indice: Pt. I Creativity and the Roles of the Inventor, Innovator, and Entrepreneur Ch. 1 Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Process Ch. 2 Protecting Your Invention Pt. II Building Business Models Ch. 3 Understanding Strategy Basics Ch. 4 Strategies To Grow, Restructure, or Harvest your Business Ch. 5 The Key Elements of a Business Model Pt. III Crafting Strategic Alliances Ch. 6 Introduction to Strategic Alliances Ch. 7 Managing Alliances Ch. 8 How Alliances Complete the Value Chain in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Business Models Pt. IV Understanding Legal Agreements Ch. 9 Contract Law, Key Legal Agreements for Business, and Incorporation Issues Ch. 10 Investment Agreements Ch. 11 The Intellectual Property Landscape Ch. 12 The Basics about Patents Ch. 13 General Patenting Strategies in High-Technology Industries Ch. 14 Navigating Technology License Agreements Pt. V Competitive Intelligence and Due Diligence Ch. 15 Competitive Intelligence and Patent Searching Ch. 16 Due Diligence Pt. VI Valuing Company Cash Flows Ch. 17 Valuation Using Discounted Cash Flow Ch. 18 Valuation Using Market Multiples and Comparable Deal Transactions

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