Engines of innovation : U.S. industrial research at the end of an era / Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenbloom, Richard S.

Spencer, William J.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research, Industrial--United States.

Research, Industrial.

Technological innovations--United States.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 278 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction: Technology's Vanishing Wellspring / Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer

PART ONE: The Institutional Context of Research and Innovation in Industry

1. The Evolution of Industrial Research in the United States / David A. Hounshell

2. The Roles of Universities in the Advance of Industrial Technology / Nathan Rosenberg and Richard R. Nelson

3. Strategic Alliances and Industrial Research / David C. Mowery and David J. Teece

PART TWO: Perspectives from Practice

4. Research and Change Management in Xerox / Mark B. Myers

5. Reinventing Research at IBM / John Armstrong

6. The Future of Industrial R&D, or, Postcards from the Edge of the Abyss / Peter R. Bridenbaugh

7. Some Personal Perspectives on Research in the Semiconductor Industry / Gordon E. Moore

PART THREE: Reconceptualizing Research and Innovation

8. Commericializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs / Dorothy Leonard-Barton and John L. Doyle

9. Rethinking the Role of Industrial Research / Mark B. Myers and Richard S. Rosenbloom

Conclusion: Shaping a New Era / Richard R. Nelson, Richard S. Rosenbloom, and William J. Spencer

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264) and index.

Publisher Number:

2027/heb00992 hdl