TY - JOUR
T1 - Product sophistication, industrial organisation, and location
T2 - the UK pharmaceutical industry
AU - Howells, J.
PY - 1985/8/1
Y1 - 1985/8/1
N2 - In this paper are presented the results of an analysis of the location and organisation of product innovation and sophistication in the UK pharmaceutical industry. Significant spatial variations in plant product technological sophistication were identified on an urban-size basis, with factories located in smaller urban centres less likely to be of low-technology status. In terms of nonspatial factors it was the organisational characteristics of the companies, rather than the plants themselves, that were influential in determining product sophistication. The importance of the spatially dispersed nature of manufacturing by large, often foreign, firms was confirmed as having an important role in the pattern of plant product sophistication within the UK pharmaceutical industry.
AB - In this paper are presented the results of an analysis of the location and organisation of product innovation and sophistication in the UK pharmaceutical industry. Significant spatial variations in plant product technological sophistication were identified on an urban-size basis, with factories located in smaller urban centres less likely to be of low-technology status. In terms of nonspatial factors it was the organisational characteristics of the companies, rather than the plants themselves, that were influential in determining product sophistication. The importance of the spatially dispersed nature of manufacturing by large, often foreign, firms was confirmed as having an important role in the pattern of plant product sophistication within the UK pharmaceutical industry.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022195665&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1068/a171045
DO - 10.1068/a171045
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022195665
SN - 1472-3409
VL - 17
SP - 1045
EP - 1062
JO - Environment & Planning A: Economy and Space
JF - Environment & Planning A: Economy and Space
IS - 8
ER -