Medtech

The Formation and Growth of a Global Industry, 1960–2020

Pierre-Yves Donzé (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2022
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-16-7173-9 (ISBN)

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This book offers an analysis of the dynamics of the global medical device (medtech) industry from the 1960s until the present, using the approaches of business history and industry studies. While most of the publications in the corresponding field have focused on particular countries/regions or actors, this research is unique in its scope. First, it explores the formation and development of medtech business both globally and in the major countries engaged in this industry (the United States, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, France, and China). Second, it tackles a broad range of actors and organizations, from individual entrepreneurs, medical doctors, and engineers to small family firms, start-ups, and large multinationals, as well as universities and research centers. Hence, for the first time, this book both provides a general understanding of the formation and transformation of the medtech industry throughout the world and sheds light on the main features of a fast-growing business in the twenty-first century. This book will be of value to historians, industry professionals, and analysts.

Pierre-Yves Donzé is a professor in business history at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, and a visiting professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research focuses on the history of the global dynamics of industries (hospitals and medtech, watchmaking, fashion and luxury). He is a co-editor of Business History, and a member of the councils of the European Business History Association (EBHA) and of the Business History Society of Japan. His last books include Making Medicine a Business: X-ray Technology and the Transformation of the Japanese Medical System (1895–1945), Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, and The Business of Health: New Approaches to the Evolution of Health Systems in the World, Routledge, 2022 (co-edited with Paloma Fernández Pérez).

Introduction.- 1 The dynamics of the global medtech industry.- 2 Formation of medtech big business.- 3 The lasting competitive advantage of US firms.- 4 Japan: From electronics to medical technology.- 5 Germany: Between Siemens and specialized medtech firms.- 6 Orthopedics SMEs and pharmaceutical giants in Switzerland.- 7 The French medtech industry: A lack of international competitiveness.- 8 The rise of a new medtech giant: China.- Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.12.2021
Zusatzinfo	36 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 230 p. 36 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Biotechnology • Industrial Development • Medical technology • pharmaceuticals • Science and Business
ISBN-10	981-16-7173-7 / 9811671737
ISBN-13	978-981-16-7173-9 / 9789811671739
Zustand	Neuware