Engines of tomorrow
Subtitle: how the world's best companies are using their research labs to win the future
By: Robert Buderi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780684839004
Subjects: Industrieforschung; Technische Innovation; Research and Development; Bedrijven; Industrial Research; Technische vernieuwing; Technological innovations; Strategisch management
Description: "The U.S. economy is the envy of the world, and the key to its success is technological innovation. In this facinating and in-depth account reported from three continents, Robert Buderi turns the spotlight on comporate research and the management of innovation that is helping drive the economy's robust growth. Here are first-hand communiques from inside the labs of a reborn IBM, resurgent GE and Lucent, research upstarts intel and Microsoft, and other leading American firms - as well as top European and Japanese competitors. ... "--Dust cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-431) and index.
Table of contents: title: A matter of death and life; title: The invention of invention; title: Houses of magic; title: Out of the plush-lined rut; title: IBM : taking the asylum; title: House of Siemens; title: NEC : balancing east and west; title: The pioneers : General Electric and Bell Labs; title: Children of the sixties : Xerox and Hewlett-Packard; title: The new pioneers : Intel and Microsoft.