Le sfide dell'impresa biotech

Obiettivo del paper: Questo saggio affronta la complessitdella sfida imprenditoriale delle biotecnologie adottando una chiave di lettura aziendale, con lobiettivo di esplorarne le caratteristiche industriali in una prospettiva di filiera e di analizzarne le dinamiche evolutive strategiche. In particolare, lattenzione si concentra sulle specificitsettoriali, che favoriscono percorsi di sviluppo maggiormente orientati verso soluzioni di integrazione verticale ovvero di condivisione progettuale e di partnership, per giungere infine a proposte di policy finalizzate a favorire la traduzione in attivitdi impresa del potenziale delle scoperte scientifiche.

Metodologia: Si deciso di procedere attraverso lanalisi concettuale degli elementi che caratterizzano la dinamica fondativa e strutturale della filiera delle biotecnologie.

Risultati: Lanalisi ha permesso di esplorare le peculiarittecnologiche, economiche e aziendali e le traiettorie evolutive delle filiere delle biotecnologie, con una focalizzazione speciale sulle politiche connesse alla valorizzazione e implementazione di nuove iniziative dimpresa ad elevato contenuto di innovazione tecnologica.

Limiti della ricerca: Il saggio frutto di riflessioni fondate su analisi e concettualizzazioni della letteratura prodotta negli anni pirecenti sul tema delleconomia e del management delle imprese science based, che potrebbero essere utilmente integrate e verificate con lausilio di piapprofondite e aggiornate analisi empiriche.

Implicazioni pratiche: Il lavoro potrebbe contribuire alla migliore comprensione del fenomeno delle biotecnologie dal punto di vista dello studioso di management e del decisore aziendale e pubblico.

Originalitdel paper: Questo lavoro va a rispondere allesigenza di ulteriori approfondimenti cognitivi sul mondo delle biotecnologie secondo unottica economica e manageriale.

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