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Scripps Research Institute, The: November 1993 (Abridged)
By: Josh Lerner
Abstract
In November 1993, Dr. Richard Lerner, president of the Scripps Research Institute, faces the challenge of maintaining his organization's financial and scientific vitality. A proposed cooperative venture with Sandoz has attracted considerable criticism. Meanwhile, a new proposal to conduct clinical trials presents intriguing possibilities. Teaching Purpose: To understand how federal policy directly and indirectly shapes high-technology industries, to explore financing new ventures in a nonprofit research organization, and to value a proposed new venture.
Keywords
Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Policy; Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Research; Nonprofit Organizations
Citation
Lerner, Josh. "Scripps Research Institute, The: November 1993 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 295-068, November 1994. (Revised December 1995.)