Sources of industrial leadership : studies of seven industries
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Bibliographic Information
Sources of industrial leadership : studies of seven industries
Cambridge University Press, 1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 42 libraries
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: hbk336.17/Mo 97/20090514017212009005141,
: pbk336.17/Mo 97/20000620017212000006205
Note
Nine original essays arising from a project supported by the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University ... [et al.]
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. 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 which helped to create, or sustain, industrial leadership.
Table 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.
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