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In this thought-provoking book, leading experts explore why international entrepreneurship is important to the life sciences industry. From multi-disciplinary and cross-national perspectives, they question why international entrepreneurship scholars might usefully invest interest in research focused on one specific industry context. -- The book addresses contemporary challenges of relevance to life science firms and draws on leading-edge debates in international entrepreneurship research. Topics include: the nature of the born-global firm; the development of international capabilities and competencies; the role of local and international partnerships and alliances; competitiveness, opportunity recognition and orientation; and the role of specialized complementary assets in internationalization. It concludes by proposing an agenda for future research across the underpinning fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and internationalization. -- This book will prove a stimulating read for academics, students and researchers with an interest in international business, management and entrepreneurship, as well as for practitioners in the health professions or life sciences academics who are, or may become, entrepreneurs.

1. Human and object, subject and thing : the troublesome nature of human biological material (HBM) / Cecily Palmer -- 2. Substances of the body : blood, genes, and personhood / Malin Noem Ravn -- 3. Governing risk through informed choice : prenatal testing in welfarist maternity care / Mianna Meskus -- 4. Visualizing and calculating life : matters of fact in the context of prenatal risk assessment / Nete Schwennesen and Lene Koch -- 5. Serious disease as kinds of living / Ayo Wahlberg -- 6. From society to molecule and back : the contested scale of public health science / Susanne Bauer -- 7. Life beyond information : contesting life and the body in history and molecular biology / Adam Bencard -- 8. The place and space of research work : studying control in a bioscience laboratory / Amrita Mishra -- 9. Almost human : scientific and popular strategies for making sense of 'missing links' / Murray Goulden and Andrew S. Balmer.