Critical Success Factors in Biomedical Research and Pharmaceutical Innovation : The Joint Impact of Management Control and Contingencies on Performance and Effectiveness in Research Laboratories in Medical Faculties, Health Research Institutes and Innovat

Is talent the only key to scientific success? In fact, the answer is: `No'. Management and organisation do make a real, significant difference between success and failure in science. This book presents a clear survey of the critical success factors in biomedical research laboratories. Based on an international, comparative study of 71 research laboratories in medical faculties, large health research institutes and innovative pharmaceutical companies, ready-to-use guidelines are offered to those who are responsible for the management of research groups. Dr. Omta is biochemist and has played a key role in the development of the EU Biotechnology Network. He has performed the comparative study for this book in the position of Managing Director of the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine in Amsterdam. The author has recently been appointed as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Organisation at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. This work is a unique guide for heads, professors, or managers of (biomedical) research laboratories in universities, research institutes and innovative pharmaceutical companies, who are seeking rational tools for increasing the performance and effectiveness of their research groups. Front Matter....Pages N1-xii Introduction....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Research Methodology and Study Domain....Pages 9-35 Structure, Behaviour and Control in Research Organizations....Pages 37-59 Structure, Behaviour and Control in Research Units....Pages 61-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Theory Construction....Pages 85-100 Hypotheses....Pages 101-122 Methods of Data Collection and Data Analysis....Pages 123-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Data Collection....Pages 145-158 Universities and Institutes....Pages 159-173 Companies....Pages 175-189 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 Universities and Institutes....Pages 193-206 Industrial Pharmaceutical Innovation....Pages 207-217 General Conclusions....Pages 219-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-294