Managing people where people really matter: The management of human resources in biotech companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Finegold, David ^a   Frenkel, Stephen ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Knowledge work; Knowledge intensive firms; Leading scientists; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644798835     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500366169     Document Type: Article

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