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Science 13 November 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5392, pp. 1273 - 1274
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5392.1273
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ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY:
Innovative History of the Chemical Industry
A review by Christopher Freeman
Chemicals and Long-Term Economic Growth Insights from the Chemical Industry
Ashish Arora, Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, Eds.
Wiley-Interscience, New York, and Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1998. 576 pp. $69.95. ISBN 0-471-18247-8.
The editors have assembled a thorough, insightful examination of the history and economics of the chemical industry in Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Contributors consider the roles of science, innovation, technology, organization, and government and financial policies in creating economic growth, and in determining why "certain industries excel in certain areas."
The author is at the SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex at Brighton, Mantell Building, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RF, UK. E-mail: S.C.Lees{at}sussex.ac.uk
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