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Title:
SHAPING THE INDUSTRIAL CENTURY
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
By:
Alfred Dupont Chandler
Format:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0674032217
ISBN 13:
9780674032217
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Publisher:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date:
1 April, 2009
Pages:
384
Description:
Argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate strategies could firms remain successful over time. This work details these processes for various major chemical and pharmaceutical firms, demonstrating why some companies forged ahead while others failed.
Synopsis:
The dean of business historians continues his masterful chronicle of the transforming revolutions of the twentieth century begun in "Inventing the Electronic Century". Alfred Chandler argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate strategies could firms remain successful over time. He details these processes for nearly every major chemical and pharmaceutical firm, demonstrating why some companies forged ahead while others failed.
Illustrations:
7 tables, 3 charts
Publication:
US
Imprint:
Harvard University Press
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