Participating date: January 26, 2023

General Description: 

The pharmaceutical entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) in Puerto Rico consists of such as service providers, manufacturing plants, academia, and policy makers. This research examines the interactions between two mains actors, including the collaboration and competition between the service providers, and how the growth and expansion of the manufacturing pharmaceutical companies influence service providers. The findings show that the growth and development of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies influences the service companies in a positive manner by providing jobs. These pharmaceutical manufacturers are not the only industry responsible for the creation of a working entrepreneurial ecosystem, but rather a part of it. The engineering, validation, and automation service companies (EVAS) are also a fundamental part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the networking that occurs. Additionally, these service companies participate and use the coopetition as a strategy to maintain its business relationship with the pharmaceutical manufacturers. Which means that they form collaborations with their competition, though there are certain networking needs that affect the relationship between the actors

Interested Majors

Business Administration

Professor/Advisor

Dra. Moraima De Hoyos Ruperto

Map and Booth Location

B2-08