Contribución de la inteligencia competitiva en el proceso de I+D+i del sector farmacéutico : el caso de España
This research focuses on the use and practice of Competitive Intelligence within the Spanich pharmaceutical sector, as a tool to be used in decision making. For that purpose, it is necessary to perform each step of the IC methdology, in order to identify strengths and weaknesses of competing firms a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/320182 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/320182 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-95813 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 615 65 66 |
| Sumario: | This research focuses on the use and practice of Competitive Intelligence within the Spanich pharmaceutical sector, as a tool to be used in decision making. For that purpose, it is necessary to perform each step of the IC methdology, in order to identify strengths and weaknesses of competing firms and the own, to plan strategies for the benefit and growth of the pharmaceutical industry in Spain. This is for laboratories and companies regarless of their origin either national or foreign companies affiliated with Farmaindustria and Plan Profarma for the period 2008-2011. The research is founded on the basis of four research questions that expose the following: 1) The characteristics of Competitive intelligence and its practice within pharmaceutical companies of Spain; 2) The contribution of the CI in the process of R&D in the pharmaceutical firms; 3) Enablings and inhibiting factors of innovation, patents and CI, in Spain; and 4) The influence of CI in the chain of product development in the pharmaceutical firms in Spain. The proposal of the methodology is established by considering the aforementioned background and disciplines from which this research is based, espefically CI, R&D+i and patents. First of all, through the stages of the CI cycle, planning, evaluation of sources, information gathering, data processing, analysis (qualitative techniques) and results three work phases were established to conduct the research methodology, 1) a database of 200 pharmaceutical companies was created including fields to be filled about general data, innovation, therapies, and so on. 2) the implementation of a survey of 155 companies with open-ended questions on the themes of R&D, innovation, industrial property, CI and other questions. Finally, 3) a patents analysis though "Matheo Patent software" to identify business leaders, countries, inventors, technology, patent officess, etc. Results indicate the use of the CI in pharmaceutical firms even if the steps of the methodology are often not applied in structured form. Large enterprises give more attention to this type of activities, while SMEs lean towards other interests on the operations, on small innovations found on the way. Among the main perceived needs, it is highlighted the lack of investment in R&D, because the development of innovative new drug is long, expensive and with a rate of slow and uncertain recovery. 25% of pharmaceutical firms performing R&D, record a low rate of innovation, but the market for generic drugs and beauty products increases gradually. It was noted that a variety of information sources and tools for information on the area of interest, with the aim of providing a competitive advantage over the competition. However, there are also factors that impede the efficient and continuous development of the IC as a tool for innovation, since those are processes that must adapt to the changing political, social and cultural environmen as it is the case of research for innovative products and services that pharmaceuticl firms can provide to society. Finally and in the vace of the many possibilities the pharmaceutical industry provides, future research lines are proposed: Knowledge management (KM) to check the status of the company through the transmission of information and skills to their employees, while the external knowledge will indicate what happens in the market; patent analysis to identify whether what has been patented in the last 5-7 years, is still in the market as well as checking product whose patent is about to get due. |
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