Johann Peter Murmann

Knowledge and Competitive Advantage

The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions
Herausgeber: Galambos, Louis; Jones, Geoffrey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comparison of the development of the synthetic dye industry in Great Britain, Germany, and the US. The rise of this industry constitutes an important chapter in business, economic, and technological history because synthetic dyes - invented in 1857 - represent the first time that a scientific discovery quickly gave rise to a new industry. British firms led the industry for the next eight years, but German firms came to dominate the industry for decades before WWI, while American firms played only a minor role during the entire period. This study identifies differences in educational institutions and patent laws as the key reasons for German leadership in this industry. Successful firms had strong ties to the centers of organic chemistry knowledge. The book also argues that a complex coevolutionary process linking firms, technology and national institutions resulted in very different degrees of industrial success for dye firms in the three countries.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies In The Emergence Of Global Enterprise
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780521813297
• ISBN-10: 0521813298
• Artikelnr.: 13759893

Autorenporträt

Johann Peter Murmann is Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of International Business Studies and is the editor of Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations; 3. Three times two case studies of individual firms; 4. The coevolution of national industries and institutions; 5. Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage; Appendices; Bibliography.

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1. Introduction
2. Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations
3. Three times two case studies of individual firms
4. The coevolution of national industries and institutions
5. Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage
Appendices
Bibliography.

Rezensionen

'... the book is a short valuable technological history of dyes, as well as a collection of databases on firms and plants. There's also a comprehensive bibliography and a good index. Murmann's book will interest and stimulate the thinking of anyone involved in management in a technology-based operation. I also recommend it to policy makers in governmental organizations that seek to influence international policy. As Murmann hopes, it should also encourage additional research.' Chemical and Engineering News