| Science and Innovation: The Us Pharmaceutical Industry During the 1980s Contributor(s): Gambardella, Alfonso (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521062063 ISBN-13: 9780521062060 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Examines the relationship between science and innovation in industry, looking particularly at the pharmaceutical industry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book deals with an increasingly important phenomenon for competitiveness and innovation in industry: namely, the growing use of basic scientific principles in industrial research. It focuses on the pharmaceutical industry, and discusses how recent significant developments in molecular biology and genetic engineering are influencing the strategies of drug companies, their organization of internal research, their relationships with scientific institutions, the market structure of the industry, and the productivity of drug research. |