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    The drivers of transnational subsidiary evolution: the upgrading of process R&D in the Irish pharmaceutical industry (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No. 38


    Van Egeraat, Chris and Breathnach, Proinnsias (2008) The drivers of transnational subsidiary evolution: the upgrading of process R&D in the Irish pharmaceutical industry (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No. 38. Working Paper. NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.

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    Abstract

    This paper contributes to the theory of subsidiary evolution in large corporations through an examination of the driving forces behind recent upgrading of process R&D activities in the Irish pharmaceutical industry. It is based on a survey of 80 pharmaceutical establishments in Ireland and a follow-up set of 52 semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with senior staff at 12 of the surveyed establishments carried out in 2006. We show that vigorous growth is occurring in the incidence of process R&D activity among manufacturing subsidiaries of transnational pharmaceutical firms located in Ireland. The paper supports the utility of a multi-level systems perspective on subsidiary evolution as proposed by Tavares (2001). The external environment, internal (corporate) environment and subsidiary drivers are seen to drive upgrading in a systemic way, whereby various drivers mutually interact, co-evolve and operate through each other. In further support of Tavares, the primary drivers for the subsidiaries’ enhanced role lie in the (global) external environment, notably in the industrial competitive structure and technological change.
    Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
    Keywords: Research and development; manufacturing; subsidiary evolution; corporate development; NIRSA
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA
    Item ID: 1148
    Identification Number: 38
    Depositing User: NIRSA Editor
    Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2009 12:24
    Publisher: NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1148
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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