SCIENCE AND CORPORATE STRATEGY: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980

Hounshell, David A. & John Kenly Smith Jr.

ISBN 10: 0521327679 / ISBN 13: 9780521327671

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992

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(1992), 756pp, illus., blue cloth, stain to front cover, boards lightly bowed, contents clean.

Seller Inventory # 12-0228

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SCIENCE AND CORPORATE STRATEGY: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521327679
• ISBN 13: 9780521327671
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good -
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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.

Book Description

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.