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R&D
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Corning and the Craft of Innovation. (New York, NY: Oxford
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(DSM), Arjan van Rooij (2007).
The Company That Changed Itself: R and D and the Transformations of DSM.
(Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 384 p.). Researcher
at the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Royal DSM
N.V.; Economics--Development, Growth, Planning.
Crucial role of industrial research in three major identity shifts of Dutch chemical company
DSM over
past 100 years; helped company to diversify, maintain,
improve existing businesses; industry, identity,
corporate culture of reinvention.
(Du Pont), David A. Hounshell Jr. and John K. Smith (1992).
Science
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Industrial--United States--History. Series: Studies in economic
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(GE), John T. Broderick, with foreword by Dr. Karl T. Compton
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(Albany, NY: Fort Orange Press, Inc., 324 p.). Whitney, Willis
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(Johnson Wax), S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., R&D staff (1986).
For
the Next Generation: The Commitment to Research at Johnson Wax.
(Racine, WI: S.C. Johnson, 272 p.). Johnson Wax--History; Research,
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(Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation), David V.
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MA: Harvard Business School Press, 607 p.). Microelectronics and
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Microelectronics industry--United States; Strategic alliances--United
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(Schlumberger), Geoffrey C. Bowker (1994).
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industry--France--History; Oil well drilling--France--History;
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(Xerox), Michael Hiltzik (1999).
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The New Alliance: America’s R&D Consortia. (Cambridge, MA:
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(Boston, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Business
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The Secret of Success: The Double Helix of Formal and Informal
Structures in an R&D Laboratory. (Stanford, CA: Stanford
Business Books, 181 p.). Assistant Professor of Sociology (Boston
University). Technological innovations--Case studies; Business
networks--Case studies; Social capital (Sociology)--Economic
aspects--Case studies; Knowledge management--Case studies; Research,
Industrial--Case studies. Insights into how
knowledge travels, how it is used in technical organizations to aid
innovation.
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Capital investments--Decision making; Managerial economics; Industrial
management.
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