Managerial perspectives on bio-technology international strategic alliances: The case of Malaysian firms

• Main Authors: Abdul Ghani, Ahmad Bashawir, Subhan, Muhammad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11174/1/PG347_356.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11174/; http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my

This paper examines the views of Malaysian managing directors of prospective bio-tech international strategic alliances with European or US firms.It provides insights on the importance of contributions from a typical local (Malaysian) partner firm, as well as from a typical foreign (European or US) partner firm.It also uses a panel of specialists in order to classify independently two groups of firms: the most suitable and the least suitable to international strategic alliances. Several differences concerning the perceived importance of prospective contributions were identified between the two groups of local firms.