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The company that changed itself : R&D and the transformations of DSM / Arjan van Rooij.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rooij, Arjan van.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- DSM, Naamloze Vennootschap.
- Chemical industry--Research--Netherlands--Case studies.
- Chemical industry.
- Research, Industrial--Netherlands--Case studies.
- Research, Industrial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- R&D and the transformations of DSM
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This thoroughly researched book analyses the role of industrial research in DSM's transformations
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction: Research and Business in the Chemical Industry; 2. From Works Laboratories to Centralized Research; 3. Expansion and Diversification: R & D after the Second World War; 4. The Large Leap Forward: Redefining the Role of R&D in the 1970's; 5. The 1980's: Moving Away from Cyclicality and into High Value-Added Products; 6. Conclusion: Research and Business at DSM; 7. Epilogue: the 1990's; Appendix; Sources; List of Figures, Graphs and Tables; Index
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the Foundation for the History of Technology (SHT)"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- ISBN:
- 9786611787783
- 9781281787781
- 1281787787
- 9789048501656
- 9048501652
- OCLC:
- 476251442
- Publisher Number:
- 10.5117/9789053569559
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