Filter-Down Theory: Location and Technology in the UK Pharmaceutical Industry
Filter-Down Theory: Location and Technology in the UK Pharmaceutical Industry
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过滤理论：英国制药行业的位置和技术
DOI：
10.1068/a150147
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发表时间：
1983
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通讯作者：
J. Howells
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作者：
J. Howells
本文介绍了与英国制药行业内制造设施的位置和技术成熟度有关的过滤理论的检验。通过对83家制药制造企业的调查数据，本文根据聚落规模、城市化程度和更广泛的中心-边缘区域环境定义了企业和工厂的技术成熟度。考虑到英国制药业的总体位置，研究表明，没有明显的技术偏见倾向于位于较大住区、更城市化地区或更中心地区的公司或工厂。这一结果在一定程度上与大型技术先进的公司组织控制的制造单位分散分布有关。调查数据还显示，就国内而言，没有证据表明，与主要创新或总部所在地相关的较远的工厂在技术上往往不那么复杂。
This paper presents an examination of filter-down theory in relation to the location and technological sophistication of manufacturing establishments within the UK pharmaceutical industry. By means of data drawn from a survey of eighty-three pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, the paper considers the technological sophistication both of firms and of plants according to their location as defined by settlement size, degree of urbanization, and their broader centre-periphery regional setting. Given the overall location of the UK pharmaceutical industry, it is shown that there is no significant technological bias in favour of firms or plants located in larger settlements, in more urbanized areas, or within more centrally located regions. In part this result was associated with the decentralized location of manufacturing units controlled by large technologically advanced corporate organizations. The survey data also revealed that on an intracorporate basis there was no evidence that more distant plants, in relation to their main innovation or headquarters location, tended to be less technologically sophisticated.
DOI：
10.1002/tie.5060080409
发表时间：
1966-05
期刊：
The International Executive
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作者：
R. Vernon
通讯作者：
R. Vernon