An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies
Pharmaceutical sector as a global-born and knowledge-based economy, is well noted with its extensive internationalisation of R&D activities. However, the pattern and the motives of these decisions are scarcely studied and understood. As such, this study is driven by the objective of exploring th...
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| description | Pharmaceutical sector as a global-born and knowledge-based economy, is well noted with its extensive internationalisation of R&D activities. However, the pattern and the motives of these decisions are scarcely studied and understood. As such, this study is driven by the objective of exploring the pattern and motives of R&D internationalisation of selected large global pharmaceutical firms. Drawing conclusion from case studies based on three large, UK-based pharmaceutical corporations, the study has suggested four major motives for internationalising R&D activities: strategic assets (knowledge) seeking, market seeking, efficiency seeking and as a mean to conduct CSR. Meanwhile, the pattern of their global R&D activities are also revealed in term of the location choices and strategy in conducting it. Lastly, the study proposes that the patterns of R&D internationalisation is greatly affected by the firm motives underlying the decisions. |
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| spelling | nottingham-451352018-04-13T00:00:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45135/ An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies Gwee, Chin Hoo Pharmaceutical sector as a global-born and knowledge-based economy, is well noted with its extensive internationalisation of R&D activities. However, the pattern and the motives of these decisions are scarcely studied and understood. As such, this study is driven by the objective of exploring the pattern and motives of R&D internationalisation of selected large global pharmaceutical firms. Drawing conclusion from case studies based on three large, UK-based pharmaceutical corporations, the study has suggested four major motives for internationalising R&D activities: strategic assets (knowledge) seeking, market seeking, efficiency seeking and as a mean to conduct CSR. Meanwhile, the pattern of their global R&D activities are also revealed in term of the location choices and strategy in conducting it. Lastly, the study proposes that the patterns of R&D internationalisation is greatly affected by the firm motives underlying the decisions. 2017-08-25 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45135/1/4275876_Dissertation_1617_InternationalBusiness.pdf Gwee, Chin Hoo (2017) An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] R&D internationalisation Big pharmaceutical firms UK Internationalisation pattern Internationalisation motives |
| spellingShingle | R&D internationalisation Big pharmaceutical firms UK Internationalisation pattern Internationalisation motives Gwee, Chin Hoo An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title | An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title_full | An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title_short | An Investigation Into The Pattern and Motives of R&D Internationalisation of Big UK Pharmaceutical Companies |
| title_sort | investigation into the pattern and motives of r&d internationalisation of big uk pharmaceutical companies |
| topic | R&D internationalisation Big pharmaceutical firms UK Internationalisation pattern Internationalisation motives |
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