The state and industrial policy in Ireland: a case study of the Irish pharmaceutical sector

Hannon, Enda; Monks, Kathy; Conway, Edel; Kelly, Grainne; Flood, Patrick C.; Truss, Katie; Mastroeni, Michele

doi:10.1080/09585192.2011.622918

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“…It demonstrates the potential of an active industrial policy to support growth and competitiveness and consequently underpin high‐quality jobs (Lloyd and Payne, ; Brown et al ., ). At the same time, the pharmaceutical case highlights the importance of assessment and possible adjustment of policy and institutions in related spheres such as labour market regulation (Hannon et al ., ).…”

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“…The article began by defining industrial policy, outlining associated measures and instruments identified in the literature and considering its impact on employment. A theoretical framework and analytical tools were outlined, which future research can draw on (Hannon et al ., ; Hannon, ). The challenges in establishing the impact of industrial policy were highlighted (Greene et al ., ).…”

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“…Hannon et al . () outline how active industrial policy has been similarly central to the Irish pharmaceutical sector's strong growth and the creation of a large number of high‐wage, high‐skill jobs there. Qualitative case studies highlight how individual firms have undertaken new investments in higher‐value, knowledge‐intensive activities such as biopharmaceuticals, in response to strategic initiatives on the part of the Irish government and associated support measures relating to finance, R&D, skills and training.…”

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“…While the views and perceptions of operational staff are of great importance (Hannon et al ., ), because of space restrictions here, we focus on data from the management interviews. These are supplemented by secondary data on relevant themes including previous academic research; official statistics; government, state agency and industry body documents and reports; and periodicals and other news sources.…”

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Industrial policy and employment in the UK: evidence from the pharmaceutical sector

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2016

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Employment scholars have a longstanding interest in the potential for an active industrial policy to shift the UK economy to a high‐wage, high‐skill trajectory. This article addresses this topic by examining policy, performance and employment in the UK pharmaceutical sector, which has historically benefited from substantial government assistance. While weaknesses are apparent, overall the industrial policy context has supported the performance of the UK sector, underpinning a sizable number of highly skilled and paid jobs. The findings demonstrate the potential of an active industrial policy to facilitate a shift to a higher skills trajectory. Wider considerations of relevance and policy recommendations are discussed.

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“…Its focus was to support knowledge clusters to create distinctive capabilities that would ensure that Ireland remained competitive in the global pharmaceutical industry (Hannon et al, 2011). The SSPC was formed ostensibly to conduct research in the area of crystallisation of pharmaceutical solids and has already developed and utilised important capabilities in process innovation.…”

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Insights into the creation of a successful MNE innovation cluster

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Purpose -This paper aims to recount the genesis of a successful innovation cluster among Irish-based divisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and Irish universities in the pharmaceutical industry. This cluster was actively "narrativized" through the language of obligation, desire, competence and know-how. As such, it is typical of the "hero's quest" literary genre in which challenges are faced, obstacles are overcome and victory is ultimately won. Importantly, in this story, the cluster was morally and pragmatically charged with dealing with significant challenges faced by the Irish pharmaceutical industry. Broader societal discourses operated as a resource for actors to use in proposing collaboration and innovation as the appropriate response to such challenges. Specifically, through narrative and discourse, actors created the necessary conditions conducive for a cluster to develop. These created a discursively constituted shared purpose which ultimately ensured successful innovation collaboration. Essentially, through narrative and discourse, the key actors identified the collaboration a protagonist in pursuit of a quest. By linking theoretical and empirical insights, the paper offers a conceptual framework that can be used in future studies to understand the emergence of clusters. Design/methodology/approach -Adopting Wengraf's (2001) structured approach to narrative interviewing, 18 key actors shared their understanding of how the cluster came into being. Each interview began with a single question intended to induce narrative, in this case "tell me the story of the cluster as you see it." This allowed participants to be in control of their own story (Wengraf, 2001). Each interview was transcribed in full and appended to notes taken at the time of the interview. Each narrative offered a "purposeful account" (Jovchelovitch and Bauer, 2000) of how and why the cluster was formed and the centrality of the participants' roles. In line with recognised protocols, in the authors analysis of data, they paid specific attention to how stories were told, the roles assigned to key protagonists, as well as how events and actors were linked in stories (see Czarniawska, 1997). Findings -This paper further demonstrates how language, metaphor and narrative and discourse (Hatch, 1997) becomes a strategic resource on which actors can draw to create desired realities (Hardy et al., 2000) particularly in terms of collaboration and innovation. Further, this case highlights how dialogue was encouraged throughout the process of establishing the cluster and has continued to be an important element. Rather than imposing some grand design, the SSPC cluster is and always will be emergent. In this sense, in the early stages of collaboration, detecting and supporting existing and emergent communities is essential to success, and shared identity which is the outcome of members' discursive practices appears to be a powerful driver of collaboration. Research limitations/implications -There are important insights for cluster and innovatio...

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The state and industrial policy in Ireland: a case study of the Irish pharmaceutical sector

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Industrial policy and employment in the UK: evidence from the pharmaceutical sector

Industrial policy and employment in the UK: evidence from the pharmaceutical sector

Insights into the creation of a successful MNE innovation cluster

The State and Employment in Liberal Market Economies: Industrial Policy in the UK Pharmaceutical and Food Manufacturing Sectors

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