Annals of 
Business Administrative 
                                  Science
Vol. 2, No. 2 April 2003
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  1. KUWASHIMA, K.
    Organizational capability and competitive
    advantage in pharmaceutical product development

    Most existing researches treated pharmaceutical product development process as a sort of "black box." This paper, however, will focus on the product development process to explore the organizational capabilities and effective development patterns. Interviews and statistical analyses with leading companies in Japanese pharmaceutical industry indicated that "go or no-go decision" is the significant organizational capability, in fact differing among companies, which effects performances in pharmaceutical product development process. This organizational capability is accumulated through experiences in pharmaceutical product development projects.

    Keyword: product development, organizational capability, pharmaceutical industry


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