1st Edition
Corporate Research Laboratories and the History of Innovation
By David Pithan
Copyright 2022
278 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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With the beginning of the twentieth century, American corporations in the chemical and electrical industries began establishing industrial research laboratories. Some went on to become world-famous not only for their scientific and technological breakthroughs but also for the new union of science and industry they represented. Innovative ideas do not simply appear out of the blue and spread on... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Theory 3. The Innovation: Industrial Research Laboratory 4. The Organizational Field: US Chemistry, 1870-1930 5. Capturing the Discourse about Industrial Research in US Chemistry, 1870 – 1930 6. Analyzing the Discourse 7. Discussion & Conclusions
Biography
David M. Pithan is Programme Officer for Strategy and Policy at the German Research Foundation.
