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Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902 1980

Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902 1980

Hounshell, David A.
Smith, Victor, Jr.
Smith, John Kenly

Paperback

Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth

Business General20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0521028523
ISBN13: 9780521028523
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 2 2006
Pages: 780
Weight: 2.36
Height: 1.55 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 provides a comprehensive, critical study of research and development in a large US corporation. Du Pont was among a handful of US corporations that established formal research and development laboratories at the turn of the century to improve competitive positions in their respective industries. Initially, Du Pont's executives viewed R&D as an important though not central part of the corporations strategy. However the gains made by the company's laboratories soon demonstrated that R&D would be a critical ingredient in the firm's success. The industrial research and development laboratory became a major part of corporate structure; science became a central part of corporate strategy.

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