Christopher Layton

Ten Innovations

An international study on technological development and the use of qualified scientists and engineers in ten industries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines ten major fields of innovation to see what factors have contributed to success or failure. In each field, it compares 3 or 4 companies from Britain, the USA and Europe. The book provides recommendations for government policy on procurement and industrial structures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138479029
• ISBN-10: 1138479020
• Artikelnr.: 58619721

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Managing Innovation and the Use of Qses 1. Managing Innovation 2.
Policy on Qualified Manpower Part 2: Ten Industries: The Case Studies 3.
Variable Geometry Aircraft 4. Vehicle Engines: David and Goliath 5.
Electronically Controlled Knitting Machinery: New Enterprise in an Old
Industry 6. Pilkingtons and the Float-Glass Process: First of the Few 7.
Semiconductors: Integration Pays 8. The Birth of Colour Television: A Case
of Size 9. Nuclear Power: AGR and BWR - A Question of Structure 10.
Oscilloscopes: Three Roads to Market 11. Olefin Plants for Ethylene
Production 12. Numerical Control Systems for Machine Tools: The Making of a
Merger