The Political Economy of Controlling Transnationals: The Pharmaceutical Industry in Sri Lanka

Sanjaya Lall

Chapter 9 in The Multinational Corporation, 1980, pp 216-255 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This paper attempts to analyse the experience of Sri Lanka in reforming the structure of production, importation and distribution of pharmaceuticals during the period 1972–76. Since the pharmaceutical industry is one of vital concern for every developing country, and since it is overwhelmingly dominated by transnational companies (TNCs) that possess considerable market power as well as proven ability to resist reform, such an analysis can serve two purposes.

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Multinational Corporation; Local Firm; Socialist Country; Reform Programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05228-8_9

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