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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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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics Economic history

• Full title: Science and Corporate Strategy
• Subtitle: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980
• Author: David A. HounshellJohn Kenly Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 780
• EAN: 9780521327671
• ISBN: 0521327679
• ID: 02027697
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1170 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 158 × 44 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. October 1988

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