Spatial distribution of integrated comparative advantages in domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing industry / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

The index system of comparative advantages was constructed for the pharmaceutical manufacturing in-dustry in different provinces , municipalities directly under the Central Government , and autonomous regions ac-cording to the integrated comparative advantage theory .The integrated comparative advantages in different provinces , municipalities directly under the Central Government , and autonomous regions were scored by principal component analysis and qualitatively analyzed by clustering analysis to reveal their spatial distribution , thus providing the deci-sion-making support for the policy makers, manufacturers, investors and staff of pharmaceutical manufacturing in-dustry.