TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murmann,Johann Peter
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Knowledge and competitive advantage: the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions 
T2  - Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise
AV  - HD9660.D843 G35 2003eb
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Dye industry
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - United States
KW  - Competition, International
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Comparative advantage (International trade)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10124669
ER  -