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Knowledge and competitive advantage : the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions

Title

Knowledge and competitive advantage : the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions / Johann Peter Murmann.

Author

Murmann, Johann Peter, 1967-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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294 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

This book compares the development of the synthetic dye industry in Great Britain, Germany, and the United States. The rise of this industry constitutes an important chapter in business, economic, and technological history because synthetic dyes invented in 1857 represent the first time that a scientific discovery quickly gave rise to a new industry. Although British firms led the industry for the next eight years, German firms dominated the industry for decades before World War I, while American firms played only a minor role during the entire period.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.

Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1: Introduction -- The puzzle -- Is this book for you? -- Key ideas in evolutionary theory -- Evolution of technology -- Evolution of institutions -- A sketch of coevolution -- The economics and science of dye-making -- The road ahead -- 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations -- Intriguing questions about industrial leadership -- Performance under the microscope -- Background information on the three countries -- National research and training systems -- Supporting organizations and the state -- The academic-industrial knowledge network -- Social organization of production at the shop floor -- Intellectual property right regimes -- 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms -- Purpose of the matched comparisons -- The cast of firms -- The world of pioneers (1857-65) -- Science unbound (1866-85) -- The age of Bayer (1886-1914) -- Did managerial action make a difference? -- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions -- Overview of collective strategies -- Forging a national science capability -- Lobbying for a supportive patent system -- Influencing tariff laws -- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage -- Theoretical gaps -- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings -- A theory of coevolution -- Implications for industrial organization studies -- Opportunities for future research on industrial development -- A technological history of dyes -- Short description of databases on firms and plants.

ISBN

0521813298
9780521813297
9780521684156
0521684153

LCCN

2003043048

OCLC

ocm51629378
51629378
SCSB-5852397

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Columbia University Libraries