Chemicals and long-term economic growth : insights from the chemical industry / edited by Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau, Nathan Rosenberg.

"Publication in conjuction with the Chemical Heritage Foundation."

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg --
2. On the Making of Competitive Advantage: The Development of the Chemical Industries of Britain and Germany Since 1850 / Johann Peter Murmann and Ralph Landau --
3. Chemicals: A U.S. Success Story / Ashish Arora and Nathan Rosenberg --
4. The Japanese Puzzle / Takashi Hikino, Tsutomo Harada and Yoshio Tokuhisa --
5. The Process of Innovation in the Chemical Industry / Ralph Landau --
6. The Impact of the Legal System on Innovation / Tom Campbell and Ralph Landau --
7. Technological Change in Chemicals: The Role of University-Industry Relations / Nathan Rosenberg --
8. The Industry Evolves Within a Political, Social, and Public Policy Context: A Brief Look at Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States / Micheline Horstmeyer --
9. Monetary, Fiscal, and Trade Policies in the Development of the Chemical Industry / Barry Eichengreen --
10. Finance and the Chemical Industry / Marco Da Rin --
11. Structure and Performance of the Chemical Industry under Regulation / Kian Esteghamat --
12. Evolution of Industry Structure in the Chemical Industry / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella --
13. The Evolution of Corporate Capability and Corporate Strategy and Structure Within the World's Largest Chemical Firms: The Twentieth Century in Perspective / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Takashi Hikino and David Mowery --
14. Connecting Performance and Competitiveness with Finance: A Study of the Chemical Industry / Albert Richards --
15. Conclusions / Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg.

Shows how the chemical industry can continue to grow and prosper. This book helps both scientists running small chemical companies and non-chemist managers of large corporations to make judgements based on the economic history of the chemical industry.