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PRODUCT VARIETY, SERVICE VARIETY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON DISTRIBUTORS
Wan, Xiang - 2011
Despite considerable research relating to product variety, few studies have analyzed the impact of product variety on distributors. Furthermore, compared to research on product variety, service variety has been overlooked in the literature. This dissertation consists of three essays: Essay One...
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Change agents and the evolution of the United States pharmaceutical industry, 1920--1960
Lee, Jeho - 1996
This dissertation examines the evolution of the market and the firms in the context of an emerging innovative race in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The history shows the existence of two distinct industry regimes. Before 1940, the industry can best be characterized as a competitive regime in...
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Consequences of the TRIPS-Agreement for the provision of pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Oppermann, Julia - 2008
consequences of the TRIPS for the provision of pharmaceuticals in developing countries.Background was, on the one hand, the rapid … spreading of HIV/AIDS in developing countries combined with a high price level of patented pharmaceuticals used for the … rights are an essential prerequisite for constant development of innovative pharmaceuticals. Critics of the TRIPS argued that …
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Canada-India firm collaboration in health biotechnology
Ray, Monali; Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla - 2008
Strategic alliances are of critical importance to firms working in the health biotechnology2 field. Collaborations can provide firms with significant competitive advantages, shape their economic performance and help minimize risks in development activities (Hagedoorn, 1993). Alliances in the...
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Human resource management and learning based on in-house R&D in a developing country context
Santiago, Fernando; Alcorta, Ludovico - 2009
This paper investigates the influence of human resource management practices on the likelihood that a firm performs in-house R&D. The latter is broadly interpreted as learning---a mechanism promoting absorptive capacity and supporting technology capability-building in latecomer firms. The use of...
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Intellectual Property Rights Regime and Creation of Innovation Based Enterprises in India
Basant, Rakesh - 2006
pharmaceuticals- biotechnologysectors. It is built on the premise that ceteris paribus participation of Indian firms in IPcreation and …
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Farmacijos pramonės etinės problemos
Broga, Mindaugas - 2010
Šiame darbe stengiamasi išanalizuoti farmacijos pramonės etines problemas ir pateikti galimus šių problemų sprendimo būdus bei ateities perspektyvas. Farmacijos produktų specifika nulemia farmacijos kompanijų moralinių ir socialinių pareigų visumą ir įpareigoja kompanijas ne tik...
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Empirical Essays in Health Economics
Garthwaite, Craig Loren - 2009
Chapter 1: The Economic Effects of Medical Innovations: Vioxx and Labor SupplyDespite dramatic improvements in medical technology over time, comparatively little attention has been paid to the effect of these innovations on economic outcomes. This study uses seven overlapping panels of the...
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Essays on the distributional impacts of government
Siminski, Peter, Economics, Australian School of … - 2008
government.The first paper estimates the price elasticity of demand for pharmaceuticals amongst high-income older people in …
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"Your Life is Waiting!": Symbolic Meanings in Direct-to-Consumer Antidepressant Advertising
Grow, Jean; Park, Jin Seong; Han, Xiaoqi - 2006
This semiotic analysis demonstrates how pharmaceutical companies strategically frame depression within the hotly contested terrain of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising. The study tracks regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, relative to DTC advertising, including recent industry codes of...
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