The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between dividend payments, firms’
decisions control and the nature of family firms, in order to assess whether large …

Based on in-depth interviews with a large sample of company executives, this paper presents
the financing-related issues and difficulties facing Canadian biotechnology companies in …

In this paper, we estimate the capital requirements for the Canadian therapeutics sub-segment
of the biotechnology industry using static and dynamic analyses. We estimate the total …

The article presents the results of in-depth interviews with key biotechnology executives and
emphasizes the issues and challenges American investors face when investing venture …

La thdorie des relations d ‘agence propose de reprdsenter la firme comme un rbseau de
relations contractuelles entre les diverses parties qui la constituent: gestionnaires, fournisseurs …

There is a need for more insight into the pathogenesis ofStreptococcus pneumoniae
pneumonia, as the fatality rate associated with this disease remains high despite appropriate …

The paper presents the results of in-depth interviews with key biotechnology executives in
both Canadian and US capital markets. A particular emphasis is placed on discussing the …

Pneumococcal pneumonia still is associated with a high mortality rate, despite appropriate
antimicrobial therapy. Many gaps remain in the understanding of the pathogenesis of this …

The sequential pathogenesis of pulmonary aspergillosis was studied and the role of
inflammatory cytokines in host response to Aspergillus fumigatus was characterized in …

Host-derived chemoattractant factors are suggested to play crucial roles in leukocyte
recruitment elicited by inflammatory stimuli in vitro and in vivo. However, in the case of acute …