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Title:

Alternative careers in science : leaving the ivory tower / edited by Cynthia Robbins-Roth.

Publisher:

Academic Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xviii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Science--Vocational guidance--United States.
Science--United States.
Vocational Guidance--United States.
Career Choice--United States.
Universities--United States.

Other Authors:

Robbins-Roth, Cynthia.

Notes:

"Scientific survival skills"--Cover. Includes index.

Contents:

ch. 23. Business information services: providing the data for industry. ch. 2. Technical writing: making sense out of manuals -- ch. 3. Science writing: communcating with the masses -- ch. 4. Snakes and ladders: the game of publishing -- ch. 5. Broadcast science journalism: working in television, cable, radio, or electronic media -- ch. 6. Pituitaries to pinstripes: a path to venture capital -- ch. 7. How I became an analyst: science-based investment advisor -- ch. 8. Investment banking: dreams and reality -- ch. 9. Business development: makaing deals with science -- ch. 10. Entrepreneur and company founder: starting your own company and surviving -- ch. 11. Consultant to the stars: advising CEOs for fun and profit -- ch. 12. Regulatory affairs: keeping product development on track -- ch. 13. Patent agent: protecting the intellectual property of science -- ch. 14. From the lab bench to the clinic: a career in clinical research -- ch. 15. Technology transfer: enabling the commercialization of science -- ch. 16. Corporate communications: helping companies sell their story -- ch. 17. Sales and marketing: so you want to sell -- ch. 18. Executive search: looking for talent in all the right places -- ch. 19. Growth of a manager: from pure research to policy administration -- ch. 20. Science and public policy: translating between two worlds -- ch. 21. Research funding administration: matching money with research -- ch. 22. Government agencies: directing science in the military -- ch. 23. Business information services: providing the data for industry.

ISBN:

9780125893756
0125893752

LCCN:

97080573

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)