Research Catalog

Title

Sources of industrial leadership : studies of seven industries / edited by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Mowery, David C.
• Nelson, Richard R.
• Stanford University. Center for Economic Policy Research.

Description

viii, 401 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Technological innovations > Management
• Comparative advantage (International trade)
• Industries > Technological innovations > Case studies

Note

• Nine original essays arising from a project supported by the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University [and others].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson -- The evolution of competitive advantage in the worldwide semiconductor industry, 1947-1996 / Richard N. Langlois and W. Edward Steinmueller -- Industrial dynamics and the evolution of firms' and nations' competitive capabilities in the world computer industry / Timothy F. Bresnahan and Franco Malerba -- The computer software industry / David C. Mowery -- Innovation in the machine tool industry: a historical perspective on the dynamics of comparative advantage / Roberto Mazzoleni -- Dynamics of comparative advantage in the chemical industry / Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau, and Nathan Rosenberg -- The pharmaceutical industry and the revolution in molecular biology: interactions among scientific, institutional, and organizational change / Rebecca Henderson, Luigi Orsenigo, and Gary P. Pisano -- Diagnostic devices: an analysis of comparative advantages / Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg -- Explaining industrial leadership / David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson.

ISBN

• 052164254X
• 0521645204 (pbk.)

LCCN

98044552

OCLC

ocm39897387

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries