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Regional Strategies of Multinational Pharmaceutical Firms

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Management International Review

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Recent research on the world’s 500 largest companies has established that the majority of international business occurs within regional clusters in the three largest economic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia (the triad). This finding extends to the 18 companies in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector, which is the most innovative in the world.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Alan M. Rugman (L. Leslie Waters Chair and Director of the Center for International Business Education & Research, Professor of Management, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy)

  2. Principal and CEO of Braintrust, a Toronto-based consulting organization, Toronto, Canada

    Cecilia Brain

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  1. Alan M. Rugman
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  1. Universität Hohenheim (510 E), Schloss-Osthof-Ost, D-70599, Stuttgart, Germany

    Klaus Macharzina

  2. Universität Bremen, Germany

    Michael-Jörg Oesterle

  3. Universität Kiel, Germany

    Joachim Wolf

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Rugman, A.M., Brain, C. (2004). Regional Strategies of Multinational Pharmaceutical Firms. In: Macharzina, K., Oesterle, MJ., Wolf, J. (eds) Management International Review. mir Special Issue. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91001-1_2

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