R&D MANAGEMENT OF JAPANESE PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS

Jörg Mahlich ()

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2011, vol. 08, issue 02, 211-226

Abstract: We analyze how Japanese pharmaceutical firms internationalized their research and development (R&D) investments during the 1980 and 1990s. In order to tap into foreign knowledge bases, they heavily invested in setting up R&D centers abroad. However, knowledge transfer, evidenced by international patent applications, was very limited during the early phase of globalization. As a response, Japanese firms have shifted their R&D strategy toward a better organizational integration of their foreign units.

Keywords: R&D management; Japan; globalization; pharmaceutical industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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