Política industrial e redes de comércio de medicamentos: os casos do Brasil, Irlanda e Índia

Abstract

The level of industrial development of nations can be inferred by the technological and productive domain of a country and its local productive structure. These elements are also important in determining the competitiveness of nations and their participation in international trade. The article investigates the relationship between the efforts of Brazil, India and Ireland in the development of their pharmaceutical industries, and how the different strategies have resulted in different performances in the international trade of these countries. The main results show that the conditions under which countries program their policies, as well as the continuity of policies, were essential to the success of an industry development strategy. In addition, the cases studied make it clear that trade liberalization is not a sufficient condition for a country to achieve higher levels of competitiveness and should be accompanied by training policies for local companies.