Sources of IndustrialLeadership: Studies of Seven Industries
Edited by David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments  vii
List of Contributors  viii
1    Introduction
David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson
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2    The Evolution of Competitive Advantage in the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry, 1947-1996
Richard N. Langlois and W. Edward Steinmueller
9
3 Industrial Dynamics and the Evolution of Firms' and Nations' Competitive Capabilities in the World Computer Industry
Timothy F. Bresnahan and Franco Malerba
79
4     The Computer Software Industry
David C. Mowery
133
5    Innovation in the Machine Tool Industry: A Historical Perspective on the
Dynamics of Comparative Advantage
Roberto Mazzoleni
169
6 Dynamics of Comparative Advantage in the Chemical Industry
Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau, and Nathan Rosenberg
217
7     The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology:   
Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change
Rebecca Henderson, Luigi Orsenigo, and Gary P. Pisano
267
8    Diagnostic Devices: An Analysis of Comparative Advantages
Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg
312
9     Explaining Industrial Leadership
David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson
359
Index 383

 

 

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