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Session: 3.3.2 - Panel
Track: 6 - Innovation and Knowledge Mgmt.
Roundtable on Innovation and Global Value Chains
Presented On: July 3, 2012 - 13:00-14:15
Chair: Vinod K Jain, University of Maryland, College Park
Panelists:
Vinod K Jain, University of Maryland, College Park
Bahija Jallal, MedImmune, LLC
R. Lemuel Lasher, CSC
Carlo Pietrobelli, IADB and University of Roma Tre
The dispersion of production networks or value chains between developed and developing countries is decades
old. A more recent feature of the global economy is the emergence of global value chains (GVCs) in service
industries over the last two decades. Seeking efficiencies and talent, multinational enterprises (MNEs) from
developed countries began offshoring a variety of corporate functions to developing countries, such as India
and China. These included IT services, business process outsourcing, and pre-clinical and clinical trials for the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, among others. A still more recent feature of the global
economy is the development and utilization of intra-firm and inter-firm GVCs for R&D and innovation by MNEs.
While MNEs have been performing R&D in foreign countries for a long time, what is new is that they are now
performing R&D work in developing countries. The proposed roundtable panel will explore different facets of
these new developments related to innovation and global value chains, with a focus on emerging markets as
key links in GVCs. The panelists include senior executives responsible for innovation and global R&D for
pharmaceutical and IT industries, which have been at the forefront in developing and utilizing global value
chains for innovation. (For more information, please contact: Vinod K Jain, University of Maryland, College Park,
USA: vjain@rhsmith.umd.edu)
Session: 3.3.3 - Panel
Track: 6 - Innovation and Knowledge Mgmt.
External Knowledge Sourcing in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
Presented On: July 3, 2012 - 13:00-14:15
Chair: Felipe Monteiro, University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Felipe Monteiro, University of Pennsylvania
Denise Dunlap, Northeastern University
Ram Mudambi, Temple University
TJ Hannigan, Temple University
Minyuan Zhao, University of Michigan
Jan Hohberger, University of Technology Sydney
Paul Almeida, Georgetown University
Thomas Klueter, University of Pennsylvania
Research in international business has acknowledged that the search for knowledge around the globe is one of
the key drivers of foreign direct investment and plays a very important role in increasing a multinational
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