R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry (Social Indicators Research)
Contributors: Fabrizio Cesaroni (Editor); Alfonso Gambardella (Editor); Walter A. Garcia-Fontes (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781402078668
Subjects: Chemical industries; Development - Business Development; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Europe; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Chemical industry
First sentence: The chemical industry is one of the largest and most R&amp;D-intensive manufacturing sectors in all advanced economies, and its innovative patterns and productivity growth processes can have profound impacts on economic growth as a whole (Arora, Landau and Rosenberg, 1998).