| Description |
ix, 564 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"Publication in conjuction with the Chemical Heritage Foundation." |
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
On the making of competitive advantage : the development of the chemical industries of Britain and Germany since 1850 / Johann Peter Murmann and Ralph Landau -- Chemicals : a U.S. success story / Ashish Arora and Nathan Rosenberg -- The Japanese puzzle / Takashi Hikino ... [et al.] -- The process of innovation in the chemical industry / Ralph Landau -- The impact of the legal system on innovation / Tom Campbell and Ralph Landau -- Technological change in chemicals : the role of university-industry relations / Nathan Rosenberg -- The industry evolves within a political, social, and public policy context : a brief look at Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States / Micheline Horstmeyer -- Monetary, fiscal, and trade policies in the development of the chemical industry / Barry Eichengreen -- Finance and the chemical industry / Marco Da Rin -- Structure and performance of the chemical industry under regulation / Kian Esteghamat -- Evolution of industry structure in the chemical industry / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella -- The evolution of corporate capability and corporate strategy and structure within the world's largest chemical firms : the twentieth century in perspective / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Takashi Hikino, and David Mowery -- Connecting performance and competitiveness with finance : a study of the chemical industry / Albert Richards. |
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Chemical industry -- Case studies.
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Chemical industry -- History.
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Chemical industry -- Technological innovations -- History.
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Chemical engineering -- History.
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Petroleum chemicals industry -- History.
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| Alternate Author |
Arora, Ashish.
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Landau, Ralph.
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Rosenberg, Nathan, 1927-
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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