R&D offshoring and clustering dynamics in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology: key features and insights from the Chinese case

Abdelillah Hamdouch and Feng He

Journal of Innovation Economics, 2009, vol. n° 4, issue 2, 95-117

Abstract: This paper focuses on the clustering dynamics based on/supported by R&D offshoring trends as exemplified by the biopharmaceutical sector in China. It suggests two baselines of the institutional arrangements appropriate to initiate innovation-based clusters: (1) emphasis on the linkages and expansion in global innovation networking, and (2) focus on breeding regional innovation networks and enterprise?s embeddedness. Above, especially in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, these two-dimension baselines are closely intertwined and develop by means of R&D offshoring and clustering dynamics, as it is demonstrated by the case-study of interaction and co-evolution between Chinese and multinational pharmaceutical companies (MPCs). JEL Codes: F23, L24, L65, O32

Keywords: biopharmaceutical innovation; China; clustering dynamics; global innovation networks; pharmaceuticals; R&D offshoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 L24 L65 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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