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Sources of Industrial Leadership - Studies of Seven Industries

English · Hardback

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Klappentext This book describes and analyzes how seven major high-tech industries evolved in the United States! Japan! and Western Europe. The industries covered are machine tools! organic chemical products! pharmaceuticals! medical devices! computers! semiconductors! and software. In each of these industries! firms located in one or a very few countries became the clear technological and commercial leaders. In a number of cases! the locus of leadership changed! sometimes more than once! over the course of the histories studied. The focus of the book is on the key factors that supported the emergence of national leadership in each industry! and the reasons behind the shifts when they occurred. Special attention is given to the national policies that helped to create or sustain industrial leadership. Zusammenfassung This book describes and analyzes how seven major high-tech industries evolved in the USA! Japan! and Western Europe. The industries covered are machine tools! organic chemical products! pharmaceuticals! medical devices! computers! semiconductors! and software. In each of these industries! firms located in one or a very few countries became the clear technological and commercial leaders. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson; 2. Semiconductors Richard N. Langlois and W. Edward Steinmueller; 3. Computers Timothy F. Bresnahan and Franco Malerba; 4. Computer software David C. Mowery; 5. Machine tools Roberto Mazzoleni; 6. Chemicals Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg; 7. Pharmaceuticals Rebecca Henderson, Luigi Orsenigo and Gary Pisano; 8. Medical devices Annetine Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg; 9. Conclusion David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson.

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Authors David C. Nelson Mowery
Assisted by David C. Mowery (Editor), Richard C. Nelson (Editor), Richard R. Nelson (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 13.10.1999
 
EAN 9780521642545
ISBN 978-0-521-64254-5
No. of pages 412
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries

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