Title: Chemicals and long-term economic growth : insights from the chemical industry /
Authors: Arora, Ashish.; Landau, Ralph.; Rosenberg, Nathan, 1927-; Chandler, Alfred D. 1918-2007,; Chemical Heritage Foundation
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Chemical industry Case studies.; Chemical industry History.; Chemical industry Technological innovations History.; Chemical engineering History.; Petroleum chemicals industry History.
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 [and others] -- 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.