03206cam a2200373Ma 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350023000810400038001040200022001420200025001640500024001891000034002132450132002472600068003793000019004474400060004665040051005265051508005776500036020856500063021216500042021846500042022266500046022686500063023146500049023776500055024266500055024816500060025366500068025968560077026648560091027417670220230410115510.0030206s2006    enka    sb    001 0 eng d  a  2003043048  a(OCoLC)ocm80247364  aREDDCcREDDCdBAKERdYDXCPdOCLCG  a0521684153 (pbk.)  a9780521684156 (pbk.)14aHD 9660bM977k 20061 aMurmann, Johann Peter,d1967-10aKnowledge and competitive advantage :bthe coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions /cJohann Peter Murmann.  aCambridge, UK ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2006.  a294 p. :bill. 0aCambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1: Introduction -- The puzzle -- Is this book for you? -- Key ideas in evolutionary theory -- Evolution of technology -- Evolution of institutions -- A sketch of coevolution -- The economics and science of dye-making -- The road ahead -- 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations -- Intriguing questions about industrial leadership -- Performance under the microscope -- Background information on the three countries -- National research and training systems -- Supporting organizations and the state -- The academic-industrial knowledge network -- Social organization of production at the shop floor -- Intellectual property right regimes -- 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms -- Purpose of the matched comparisons -- The cast of firms -- The world of pioneers (1857-65) -- Science unbound (1866-85) -- The age of Bayer (1886-1914) -- Did managerial action make a difference? -- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions -- Overview of collective strategies -- Forging a national science capability -- Lobbying for a supportive patent system -- Influencing tariff laws -- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage -- Theoretical gaps -- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings -- A theory of coevolution -- Implications for industrial organization studies -- Opportunities for future research on industrial development -- A technological history of dyes -- Short description of databases on firms and plants. 0aDye industryzGermanyxHistory. 0aDye industryxTechnological innovationszGermanyxHistory. 0aDye industryzGreat BritainxHistory. 0aDye industryzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aCompetition, InternationalvCase studies. 0aComparative advantage (International trade)vCase studies. 4aIndustria de los tintesxHistoriazAlemania. 4aIndustria de los tintesxHistoriazGran Bretaña. 4aIndustria de los tintesxHistoriazEstados Unidos. 4aCompetencia económica internacionalvEstudio de casos 4aVentaja comparativa (Comercio internacional)vEstudio de casos.403UA Internet Accessuhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/albertaac/Doc?id=10124669403Red Deer College Internet Accessuhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rdcollege/Doc?id=10124669