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The Biopharma Council of ASAP has signed on as a sponsor of our growing study of the practice of alliance management in biopharma.
To paraphrase the title of one of the sessions at last month’s ASAP Global Summit, alliance management in biopharmaceuticals is no longer a luxury, it has become a necessity as more and more companies adopt partnering as a pillar …

I’m missing something here. Ernst & Young just released their annual report on the pharmaceutical industry, Progressions – Pharma 3.0 (2010). Their comprehensive study’s message is that “Successful firms will build a core competency in learning how to attach their unique assets and attributes to the changing business models of nontraditional players in complex and dynamic collaborations.” However, what is of …

Shameless Self-Promotion for Alliance Managers is a hit! At the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) Global Summit, I took a gamble that alliance managers are eager to define a leading role in networked organizations that depend on alliances for a goodly chunk of their revenue. And it worked! We had an overflow crowd of very active and engaged participants …

Speaking at the 1st Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna was a great experience. Focused on The Future of Management, the presentations and discussions were energizing and thought provoking. The principle theme in all the discussions was that to realize the growth 21st Century companies desire, organizations are becoming adaptive networks with evolving business models and strategies.
I came away from …

We’ve just launched a global research study, The Practice of Alliance Management in Biopharma Industries. The study is sponsored by Ipsen www.ipsen.com and Astellas www.us.astellas.com. Please see our press release to learn more about participating and/or sponsoring the study. http://www.rhythmofbusiness.com/news.php?id=5

I’m getting ready to head to Vienna Austria to present at the 1st Global Peter Drucker Forum, celebrating what would have been his 100th birthday, and I am thrilled.
My admiration for Peter Drucker began years ago as a doctoral student in management, and continues to this day. So, naturally Jan and I were excited to have the great privilege of …

What role is the Strategic Alliance Manager going to play in innovating how the organization is managed?

At a few conferences we’ve spoken at lately, we’ve been asked, “What are the skills of collaboration?” This is a great question, because we’re also seeing collaboration appear on the lists of competencies employees are expected to develop as they progress in an organization. Collaboration isn’t a skill. It isn’t teamwork and it isn’t a technology. It’s a purposeful way …

As we listened to Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly it was clear achieving the four pillars he believes are “fundamental to the future that we want for our children: non-proliferation and disarmament; the promotion of peace and security; the preservation of our planet; and a global economy that advances opportunity for all people,” require a significant …

It hard to miss the continuous stream of merger and acquisition announcements in the headlines lately. Whether it’s Dell buying Perot Systems, Pfizer buying Wyeth, Amazon.com buying Zappos.com, or EMC buying Data Domain, the pace of acquisitions has once again quickened. Apparently, companies are finding it easier to raise the millions or billions of dollars needed to finance their shopping …