Knowledge and competitive advantage (Record no. 212802)

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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Murmann, Johann Peter,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Knowledge and competitive advantage
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, UK ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year of publication 2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 294 p. :
Other physical details ill.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1: Introduction -- The puzzle -- Is this book for you? -- Key ideas in evolutionary theory -- Evolution of technology -- Evolution of institutions -- A sketch of coevolution -- The economics and science of dye-making -- The road ahead -- 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations -- Intriguing questions about industrial leadership -- Performance under the microscope -- Background information on the three countries -- National research and training systems -- Supporting organizations and the state -- The academic-industrial knowledge network -- Social organization of production at the shop floor -- Intellectual property right regimes -- 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms -- Purpose of the matched comparisons -- The cast of firms -- The world of pioneers (1857-65) -- Science unbound (1866-85) -- The age of Bayer (1886-1914) -- Did managerial action make a difference? -- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions -- Overview of collective strategies -- Forging a national science capability -- Lobbying for a supportive patent system -- Influencing tariff laws -- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage -- Theoretical gaps -- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings -- A theory of coevolution -- Implications for industrial organization studies -- Opportunities for future research on industrial development -- A technological history of dyes -- Short description of databases on firms and plants.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Dye industry
Topical Term Dye industry
Topical Term Dye industry
Topical Term Dye industry
Topical Term Competition, International
Topical Term Comparative advantage (International trade)
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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