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South–North and South–South production networks: diverging socio‐spatial practices of Indian pharmaceutical firms
Author(s) -
HORNER RORY,
MURPHY JAMES T.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
global networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1471-0374
pISSN - 1470-2266
DOI - 10.1111/glob.12159
Subject(s) - production (economics) , corporate governance , business , quality (philosophy) , pharmaceutical industry , industrial organization , value (mathematics) , economic geography , geography , economics , microbiology and biotechnology , finance , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , biology , macroeconomics
Abstract We know less about the structures and processes associated with South–South production networks than about those with a South–North orientation. Using an inductive approach, in this article we explore these differences by analysing the everyday practices that Indian pharmaceutical firms employ to meet production and quality standards, access markets and innovate. We use extensive primary interview evidence to demonstrate that Indian pharmaceutical firms employ different business practices towards Northern and Southern end markets. Our findings reveal the presence of significant discontinuities within the Indian pharmaceutical industry. They also demonstrate how a practice‐oriented approach to the study of GPNs can help to identify some of the micro social processes through which governance is achieved and transformed over time, and divergences in value creation, enhancement and capture trajectories between Southern and Northern end markets.