Contact:

o.eger@uni-hohenheim.de

Project descripton:

"Embedded in an evolutionary- and innovation economics framework, my project is concerned with the industry dynamics of the German pharmaceutical industry. Based on two proprietary databases, in particular the relationship between start-ups, survival probabilities and innovations in the industry are examined empirically. The period of investigation covers around 130 years, i.e. almost the entire period of the modern pharmaceutical industry since the mid-19th century. The empirical results finally are completed by a historical description."

Working Papers:

ISRICH Working Paper No.5

And: Eger, Hanusch, Pyka, The History of the German Pharmaceutical Industry Life Cycle, ISRICH Working Paper 2008, forthcoming