Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center: A How-to Manual

In this chapter is a practical guide to the management of a life science business incubator. Using the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) as a model, operational details ranging from floor plans, lab design, HVAC, power, budgeting, and staffing are described. A step-by-step guide that PABC has used to successfully launch new companies is also provided. Information of this kind is scarce. Anyone with an interest or responsibility for this kind of institution should find this chapter extremely useful.