Sources of Industrial Leadership

This book describes and analyzes how seven major high-tech industries evolved in the USA, Japan, and Western Europe.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: David C. Mowery
• Assisted by: David C. Mowery (Editor), Richard C. Nelson (Editor), Richard R. Nelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2015
• EAN: 9780521645201
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64520-1
• No. of pages: 410
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 663 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries