
(This Special Edition is dedicated to the memory of our colleague Dr Albert Richards who sadly died in 2001)
CRIC and colleagues at PREST, CROMTEC and Cranfield University have put
together a special collection of papers on 'Capabilities, Complexity and
Restructuring in Pharmaceuticals' which appeared in the September (2002)
Edition of the journal 'Technology Analysis and Strategic Management'.
The collection was guest edited by Rod Coombs, Andrew James, Stan Metcalfe and Sally Randles and contains papers by them together with Vivien Walsh/George Lodorfos, Peter Allen/Ronnie Ramlogan, and Jeremy Howells.
Guest Editors: Rod Coombs, Andrew D. James, J. Stanley Metcalfe & Sally Randles
Papers
Rod Coombs & J. Stanley Metcalfe
'Innovation in Pharmaceuticals : Perspectives on the Co-ordination, Combination
and Creation of Capabilities'
Vivien Walsh & George Lodorfos
'Technological and Organisational Innovation in Chemicals and Related
Products'
Andrew D. James
'The Strategic Management of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Pharmaceutical
Industry: Developing a Resource-Based Perspective'
Peter Allen, Ronnie Ramlogan & Sally Randles
'Complex Systems and the Merger Process'
Sally Randles
'Complex Systems Applied? The Merger that made Glaxo SmithKline'
Jeremy Howells
'Mind the Gap : Information and Communication Technologies, Knowledge
Activities and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry'
These papers are available on-line at http://www.tandf.co.uk (for registered users only). To register click here.
For further information on these papers contact:
Sally
Randles,
CRIC, The University of Manchester,
Harold Hankins Building,
Booth Street West,
Manchester M13 9QH,
UK
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'Innovation and Final Consumption: Social Practices, Instituted Modes of Provision and Intermediation' by Andrew McMeekin & Dale Southerton
'Alfred Marshall’s Mecca: Reconciling the Theories of Value and Development' by Stan Metcalfe