Browse our collection of papers in
Pharmaceutical Industry

S/OM/45. Innovation & Imitation in an Industrial Organization ? Pharmaceutical Industry

WORDS:
8500
DATE:
2007
PRICE:
89.99 GBP

The paper examines the role of innovation and imitation of other firms in the development of an organization providing a review of academic literature on the types of innovation, the theory of uncertainty and decision making, knowledge diffusion, etc. Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry is analysed outlining the challenges of pharmaceutical manufacturing, the relationships between scientific research and industrial innovation, the issues of intellectual property, pharmaceutical market structure, incentives for innovation, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Innovation, imitation, pharmaceutical,

 
Other Papers On: Pharmaceutical Industry
Other Papers On: Innovation