Haeussler, Carolin and Rake, Bastian
(2017)
The changing geography of clinical research:
a critical analysis of its drivers.
Industrial and Corporate Change, 26 (2).
pp. 285-310.
ISSN 0960-6491
Abstract
Research and development activities have become more and more internationalized with emerging
economies playing an increasingly important role. This phenomenon is particularly debated in the
pharmaceutical industry where (Western) pharmaceutical companies have started to offshore clinical
research to so-called nontraditional clinical research countries. This study empirically investigates the
changing geography of clinical research between the years 2002 and 2012. Building on the concept of
national innovative capacity (Furman et al., 2002, Res. Policy, 31, 899–933), we shed light on different
drivers of countries’ attractiveness as a location for clinical research including arguments related to
the supply (cost)-side, the demand-side, and the knowledge base. Our results challenge existing views
on the extent of the phenomenon as well as the involvement of particular countries. Across nontraditional
countries, the level of clinical research activities is driven by knowledge rather than cost arguments.
Moreover, the rising strength of the knowledge base of nontraditional countries enables them
to increasingly direct research in favor of local needs.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Economic Impacts of Globalization; Economic Development; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: Chemicals, Rubber, Drugs, Biotechnology, Plastics; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
11214 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx002 |
| Depositing User: |
Bastian Rake
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| Date Deposited: |
11 Oct 2019 14:31 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Industrial and Corporate Change |
| Publisher: |
Oxford Academic |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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