Performance of pharmaceutical companies in India : a critical analysis of industrial structure, firm specific resources, and emerging strategies / Mainak Mazumdar.

This book explains how government support and institutional set up facilitated the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and provides an economic analysis of firm strategies due to recent policy changes. The book is useful for researchers interested in understanding the transition of a lif...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Mazumdar, Mainak
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Physica-Verlag, ©2013.
Series:Contributions to economics.
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Summary:This book explains how government support and institutional set up facilitated the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and provides an economic analysis of firm strategies due to recent policy changes. The book is useful for researchers interested in understanding the transition of a lifeline sector for an emerging economy like India. Students of public policy, health administrators and health economists who are interested in the functioning of the pharmaceutical sector that produces life saving drugs in developing nations will find this book useful. The book also provides good coverage on data envelopment analysis (DEA), a useful technique for understanding productivity and efficiency. It can provide guidance to the research students on the applicability of DEA technique to address various research questions for analysis. The book will be a valuable addition to libraries in colleges of pharmacy and medicine as well as to all other academic and research centers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 202 pages :) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783790828764
3790828769
3790828750
9783790828757
ISSN:1431-1993.