Career Imprints : Creating Leaders Across An Industry
Monica C. Higgins
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Schein, Edgar H (Contributor)
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (418 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Career Imprints; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; The Present Research; The Organization of the Book; Part One: Setting the Stage; Chapter 1: Introduction: Career Imprints and Senior Executive Mobility; A More Detailed Definition; The Impact of Baxter's Career Imprint; Points of Departure; Chapter 2: From Baxter to Biotechnology: The First Wave of Baxter Boys; Gabe Schmergel's Story; The Rest of the First Wave; The Bigger Picture; Part Two: The Career Imprinting Process; Chapter 3: Place: Understanding Breeding Grounds for Career Imprinting; Social Reinforcement. - Chapter 8Chapter 9; Chapter 10; References; Index. - Chapter 9: The Opportunities and Constraints of Career ImprintsDifferent Imprints, Different Paths; The Stickiness of Perceptions of Organizational Career Imprints; Chapter 10: Career Imprints: New Answers, New Questions; New Answers; New Questions; Patterns of Inquiry for the Future; Appendix A: Research Design and Methods; Research Design and Evolution; Data Analysis; Appendix B: Analyses of Baxter's Impact on IPO Success; Analyses; Results; Appendix C: Baxter's Business and Product Timelines; Notes; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7. - Part Three: The Consequences of Career ImprintsChapter 7: The Spawning Effect: Career Imprints and Industry Evolution; The Backdrop; Career Imprints: An Explanation for the First Wave; From the First Wave to the Second Wave: Factors that Facilitated Spawning; Summary; Chapter 8: The Legacy of Career Imprints for Organizations; Starting Points for Understanding the Legacy of Career Imprints; Comparing the Legacies of Career Imprints at Genzyme and Biogen; Summary and Considerations for the Future; Counterpoint: What Doesn't Get Exported. - Stretch OpportunitiesDemonstrated Success; Summary; Chapter 4: People: Characteristics and Susceptibility to Career Imprinting; Developmental Readiness; Developmental Fit; Summary; Chapter 5: Paths: The Baxter Career Experience and Resulting Career Imprint; Objective Career Patterns: Jobs Held at Baxter; Subjective Career Patterns: The Experience of Working at Baxter; Summary: Baxter's Entrepreneurial Career Imprint; Chapter 6: Beyond Baxter: Career Imprints of Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott; The Unique Career Imprints of Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott; Summary. - Based on her research of 800 biotechnology companies and 3,200 biotechnology executives, Harvard Business School professor Monica Higgins discovered that one firm-Baxter-was the breeding ground for today's most successful biotechnology ventures. This phenomena of one organization spawning an industry has also been seen in the high-tech (Hewlett-Packard) and semiconductor industries (Fairchild). However, until now there has been no suitable explanation of why and how these organizations were able to create the next generation of industry leaders. Career Imprints shows why Baxter was so s
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| ISBN | 0787977519
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