Knowledge and competitive advantage the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
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Table of Contents:
- 1: Introduction
- The puzzle
- Is this book for you?
- Key ideas in evolutionary theory
- Evolution of technology
- Evolution of institutions
- A sketch of coevolution
- The economics and science of dye-making
- The road ahead
- 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations
- Intriguing questions about industrial leadership
- Performance under the microscope
- Background information on the three countries
- National research and training systems
- Supporting organizations and the state
- The academic-industrial knowledge network
- Social organization of production at the shop floor
- Intellectual property right regimes
- 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms
- Purpose of the matched comparisons
- The cast of firms
- The world of pioneers (1857-65)
- Science unbound (1866-85)
- The age of Bayer (1886-1914)
- Did managerial action make a difference?
- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions
- Overview of collective strategies
- Forging a national science capability
- Lobbying for a supportive patent system
- Influencing tariff laws
- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage
- Theoretical gaps
- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings
- A theory of coevolution
- Implications for industrial organization studies
- Opportunities for future research on industrial development
- A technological history of dyes
- Short description of databases on firms and plants.