Pharmaceutical Industry in Britain and France, 1919-1939
Details:
- Author(s) Robson, Michael
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 1993
- Pages
- Publisher London School of Economics
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Comparative international studies
Countries:
- France
Library:
- Name British Library of Political & Economic Science
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode WC2A 2HD
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Groups:
Notes:
Describes the development of the pharmaceutical industry in Britain and France, focusing in particular on the experience of Burroughs Wellcome, Rhone-Poulenc and Sandoz. Has structure: 'Background - pharmaceutical industry in context'; 'Organisation structures in the pharmaceutical industry in Britain and France during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries'; 'Medical context - disease and treatment'; 'Regulatory and institutional context'; 'Burroughs Wellcome - innovation and competition in the British pharmaceutical industry'; 'Rhone Poulenc - competition and business strategies in the French market'; 'Sandoz - organisation and pharmaceutical marketing in Britain and France'; 'Review of findings and conclusions'