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A comparison of the development of the synthetic dye industry in Great Britain, Germany, and the US. The rise of this industry constitutes an important chapter in business, economic, and technological history because synthetic dyes - invented in 1857 -represent the first time that a scientific disco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murmann, Johann Peter, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
Temas:
Dye industry > Germany > History.
Dye industry > Technological innovations > Germany > History.
Dye industry > Great Britain > History.
Dye industry > United States > History.
Competition, International > Case studies.
Comparative advantage (International trade) > Case studies.
Colorants > Industrie > Allemagne > Histoire.
Colorants > Industrie > Innovations > Allemagne > Histoire.
Colorants > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Colorants > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Concurrence internationale > Études de cas.
Avantage comparatif (Commerce international) > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Innovations technologiques.
Concurrence internationale.
Industrie des colorants.
Comparative advantage (International trade)
Competition, International
Dye industry
Dye industry > Technological innovations
Farbenindustrie
Internationaler Vergleich
Internationaler Wettbewerb
Technische Innovation
Technischer Fortschritt
Concurrentie.
Chemische technologie.
Kleurstoffenindustrie.
Royaume-Uni.
Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
Allemagne RF.
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Deutschland
Großbritannien
USA
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1: Introduction
  • The puzzle
  • Is this book for you?
  • Key ideas in evolutionary theory
  • Evolution of technology
  • Evolution of institutions
  • A sketch of coevolution
  • The economics and science of dye-making
  • The road ahead
  • 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations
  • Intriguing questions about industrial leadership
  • Performance under the microscope
  • Background information on the three countries
  • National research and training systems
  • Supporting organizations and the state
  • The academic-industrial knowledge network
  • Social organization of production at the shop floor
  • Intellectual property right regimes
  • 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms
  • Purpose of the matched comparisons
  • The cast of firms
  • The world of pioneers (1857-65)
  • Science unbound (1866-85)
  • The age of Bayer (1886-1914)
  • Did managerial action make a difference?
  • 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions
  • Overview of collective strategies
  • Forging a national science capability
  • Lobbying for a supportive patent system
  • Influencing tariff laws
  • 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage
  • Theoretical gaps
  • Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings
  • A theory of coevolution
  • Implications for industrial organization studies
  • Opportunities for future research on industrial development
  • A technological history of dyes
  • Short description of databases on firms and plants.

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