Product innovation, competitor imitation and the persistence of firm-level profitability in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry

• Author / Creator

  Roberts, Peter W.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Drugs--Prices--United States
  • Pharmaceutical industry--United States--Finance
  • New products--United States
  • Drugs--Research--United States
  • Drugs--Generic substitution--Economic aspects--United States

• Graduation date

  1996

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3CZ32D46

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.