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The State Of University Spinouts In The UK

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers have tracked over 50,000 high-growth businesses across the UK since 2011, with 1,628 of these identified as spinouts. Perhaps understandably, the University of Oxford was the leading university at producing spinouts, with 193 since 2011. “10.4% of the UK’s spinouts have exited (i.e. ” Regional distribution.

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Post Layoff – To Take A Lower Salary or Not

Women on Business

My plan was to make a career transition and I had accepted the fact that I’d probably have to take a short term pay cut from my pharmaceutical sales job to transition into marketing with a higher long term salary potential. For most laid off job seekers, however, this new normal is a bitter pill to swallow and a difficult reality to accept.

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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

Coaching Tip

Al Weatherhead is the author of The Power Of Adversity and chairman and CEO of Weatherchem, a private manufacturer of plastic closures for food, spice, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Please visit www.powerofadversity.net or www.weatherchem.com for more information.

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Bringing Science To Summer

The Horizons Tracker

One of the more interesting projects in this field is undertaken by pharmaceutical giant GSK, who offer their GSK Science in the Summer program to 2nd-6th graders to help engage them in STEM-related topics. The project focuses on exciting minority and vulnerable students, including migrants and homeless youngsters.

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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve.

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Adding Too Much Value

Marshall Goldsmith

Garnier, former CEO of the large pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmith Kline, “What did you learn from me when I was your executive coach that helped you the most as a leader?” Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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Getting at the Heart of Leadership

You're Not the Boss of Me

I wrote this post in September, 2011. Ms Ingraham worked as an Administrative Assistant for a pharmaceutical company in New Jersey. It was inspired by the a story of a woman’s grief and the choices her employer made to deal with its impact on their workforce. There are lessons here worth repeating. .