| Chemicals and Long-Term Economic Growth: Insights from the Chemical Industry Revised Edition Contributor(s): Arora, Ashish (Editor), Landau, Ralph (Editor), Rosenberg, Nathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0471399620 ISBN-13: 9780471399629 Publisher: Wiley-Interscience OUR PRICE: $110.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: A paperback edition of a highly successful hardcover edition, "Chemicals and Long-Term Economic Growth" examines how commercial and technological leadership in the chemical industry has developed over the last century and a half, the forces that powered this shifting leadership, and how economic and management lessons learned can help in creating policies to promote long-term economic health in the industry. ? Addresses the sources of comparative advantage and growth in the chemical industry, focusing on how these sources have varied over time, across countries, and in different industries. ? Discusses the development of new technologies and overall organization of the industry and what we can learn from them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Science | Chemistry - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 97028674 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.16" W x 9.24" (1.70 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wirtschaft und Management: Was kann man aus der Entwicklung der chemischen Industrie lernen? Dieses informative Buch erläutert wichtige Aspekte in systematischer Weise. Wettbewerbsvorteil und Wachstum werden vom historischen und vom geographischen Standpunkt aus untersucht. Gezeigt wird, wie sich neue Technologien herausbildeten und wie sich die organisatorischen Strukturen im Laufe der Jahrzehnte veränderten. Viele Schlu folgerungen lassen sich auf andere Industriezweige übertragen. |