Assoc of Strategic Alliance Professionals BioPharm Conference: Alliance Managers as Diplomats

1. Diplomacy & Boundary Navigation : A Complex Competency Alliance Managers Must Master Ichiro Okino, Business Development Manager, Shinogi Inc. Michael W. Young, VP, Alliance Management, PPD, Inc. ASAP BioPharma Conference | June 2, 2011 | New Brunswick, NJ

3. A great diplomat from Japanese history Shigeru Yoshida ( 吉田 茂 , Yoshida Shigeru ? ) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Under Yoshida's leadership, Japan began to rebuild its lost industrial infrastructure and placed a premium on unrestrained economic growth. Many of these concepts still impact Japan's political and economic policies. Today’s Japan is built on the contribution by the great diplomat !