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Internationalization and performance of Indian pharmaceutical firms
Author(s) -
Kumar Vikas,
Singh Nitish
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.20217
Subject(s) - internationalization , context (archaeology) , sample (material) , generalization , pharmaceutical industry , business , set (abstract data type) , emerging markets , industrial organization , marketing , economic geography , international trade , economics , computer science , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , mathematical analysis , chemistry , finance , chromatography , biology , programming language , archaeology
This study explores the nature of the degree of internationalization and performance (DOI‐P) relationship in the context of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The study relies on the stages model of internationalization to posit for specific relationships between DOI and performance in the distinct stages of international expansion. The findings are different from those of similar studies on emerging markets that have used a broader set of industries in their sample. Researchers should adopt caution when making any generalization of the DOI‐P relationship across contexts. Industry context in certain instances can be more powerful than country context in shaping the DOI‐P for particular firms. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.