Industrial Research and Innovation in Business

by D. E.H. Edgerton

Overview

In this new path-breaking volume, David Edgerton brings to the forefront research on the role of business and its influence on industrial research and innovation.

It is commonplace to acknowledge the role of science and technology, and research and innovation specifically, in transforming the twentieth century world. Other studies, however, focuses on scientific and engineering research in general, or technological systems and paradigms, or on government-funded initiatives. Industrial Research and Innovation in Business concentrates on business and its contribution to innovation and its role in producing and using new technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858982588
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/07/1997
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Business History series , #14
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by D.E.H. Edgerton, King's College London, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Theoretical Perspectives Part II: From Coal Tar Dyes to IG Farbenindustrie Part III: The Research Laboratory and the US Corporate Economy Part IV: International and Comparative Studies Part V: The Not-So-Peculiar British Case Part IV: The Case of Japanese Industrial Research Index

Editorial Reviews

’It will be useful to those who already know something about the topic and want to expand their knowledge.’

Kenneth Lipartito

A collection of papers previously published between the 1950s and the 1990s, in sections on theoretical perspectives, German chemical research, the research laboratory and the US corporate economy, international and comparative studies, the British case, and the case of Japanese industrial research. Specific topics include the roles of firms in technical advance, research organization, suppressing innovation, the decline of the wooden airplane, industrial R&D in pharmaceutical firms in the early 20th century, and origins of Japanese industrial research. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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