Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980Cambridge University Press, 1988 M10 28 - 756 pages 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. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
19021921 II | 11 |
Reorganization and Diversification | 56 |
World War I and the Venture into Dyestuffs | 76 |
Decentralization | 98 |
Creating a Chemical Empire | 119 |
The Ammonia Department | 183 |
The Case of Titanium Dioxide | 210 |
Du Pont and Synthetic Fibers | 384 |
New Directions in Fibers RD | 423 |
Biological Chemicals | 445 |
Du Pont | 474 |
Challenge and Response | 503 |
The New Venture Era | 509 |
The Photo Products | 541 |
Toxicological and Environmental Research | 555 |
Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry | 221 |
The Development of Neoprene | 249 |
Chemical Engineering | 275 |
The Conduct of Research | 286 |
Chemistry Enshrined | 327 |
The Pursuit of Science at Du Pont | 365 |
The 1970s | 573 |
Science and Corporate Strategy at Du Pont | 593 |
Appendixes | 602 |
Major Acquisitions of the Du Pont Company | 608 |
Essay on Sources | 729 |
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Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 David A. Hounshell,John Kenly Smith No preview available - 2006 |
Common terms and phrases
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