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

Hounshell, David A. ; & Smith, John Kenly

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988

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orig.cloth Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xx,756 pp. "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" - Publisher's description [ Contents: The Experimental Era: 1902-1921: 1. Organizing for research and development, 1902-1911; 2. Reorganizing and diversification; 3. World War I and the venture into dyestuffs; 4. Decentralization; Part II. Creating a Chemical Empire: 5. Rebuilding a central research organization; 6. Research to the rescue: Du Pont finishes; 7. Research efficiency: the organic chemicals department; 8. New fibers and films for the new era: the rayon department; 9. From nitrates to nylon: the ammonia department; 10. Du Pont R&D in the international sphere; 11. Development power: the case of titanium dioxide pigments; Part III. 'better Things for Better Living through Chemistry'.,.].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science and Corporate Strategy : Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Minor rubbing. VG.