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Chemicals and long-term economic growth : insights from the chemical industry

Title
Chemicals and long-term economic growth : insights from the chemical industry / edited by Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau, Nathan Rosenberg.
Publication
New York : Wiley, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Arora, Ashish.
  • Landau, Ralph.
  • Rosenberg, Nathan, 1927-2015.
  • Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Description
ix, 564 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Chemical industry > Case studies
  • Chemical industry > History
  • Chemical engineering > History
  • Petroleum chemicals industry > History
Note
  • "Publication in conjuction with the Chemical Heritage Foundation."
  • "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Introduction / Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg -- 2. On the Making of Competitive Advantage: The Development of the Chemical Industries of Britain and Germany Since 1850 / Johann Peter Murmann and Ralph Landau -- 3. Chemicals: A U.S. Success Story / Ashish Arora and Nathan Rosenberg -- 4. The Japanese Puzzle / Takashi Hikino, Tsutomo Harada and Yoshio Tokuhisa -- 5. The Process of Innovation in the Chemical Industry / Ralph Landau -- 6. The Impact of the Legal System on Innovation / Tom Campbell and Ralph Landau -- 7. Technological Change in Chemicals: The Role of University-Industry Relations / Nathan Rosenberg -- 8. The Industry Evolves Within a Political, Social, and Public Policy Context: A Brief Look at Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States / Micheline Horstmeyer -- 9. Monetary, Fiscal, and Trade Policies in the Development of the Chemical Industry / Barry Eichengreen -- 10. Finance and the Chemical Industry / Marco Da Rin --
  • 11. Structure and Performance of the Chemical Industry under Regulation / Kian Esteghamat -- 12. Evolution of Industry Structure in the Chemical Industry / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella -- 13. 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 -- 14. Connecting Performance and Competitiveness with Finance: A Study of the Chemical Industry / Albert Richards -- 15. Conclusions / Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg.
ISBN
0471182478 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
97028674
OCLC
  • 37353787
  • ocm37353787
  • SCSB-4125917
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Columbia University Libraries