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Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network (2022)
Journal Article
Keenan, L., & Wójcik, D. (2022). Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network. Finance and Society, 8(2), 149-168. https://doi.org/10.2218/finsoc.7765

Tokyo is conspicuous for its now decades-long absence in the headlines of global financial news. In this article, we revisit the evolution of Tokyo as an international financial centre through the lens of Global Financial Networks (GFN). Drawing on i... Read More about Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network.

Patents over patients? Exploring the variegated financialization of the pharmaceuticals industry through mergers and acquisitions (2022)
Journal Article
Keenan, L., Monteath, T., & Wójcik, D. (2023). Patents over patients? Exploring the variegated financialization of the pharmaceuticals industry through mergers and acquisitions. Competition and Change, 27(3-4), 472-494. https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294221107851

In recent years the pharmaceutical industry has been accused of prioritising profits from patents at the expense of the wellbeing of patients. Many argue that this transition reflects the full-scale financialization of the industry, whereby an increa... Read More about Patents over patients? Exploring the variegated financialization of the pharmaceuticals industry through mergers and acquisitions.