'On the making of competitive advantage. The development of the chemical industries in Britain and Germany since 1850' in A Arora, R Landau & N Rosenberg (eds), Chemicals and Long Term Economic Growth. Insights from the chemical industry

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  • Name Comparative international studies
  • Name Competitive advantage

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  • Germany

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Examines the comparative performance of the British and German industries. Has sections: 'Early growth in the chemical industry, 1850-1914' - 'The creation of firm capabilities' / 'The institutional environment as a foundation of competitive advantages'; 'The Great War and its direct aftermath'; 'The interwar period - colossal corporations, crisis, cartels and catch-up' - 'Government policies' / 'Concentration' / 'Cartelization' / 'Macroeconomic turbulence'; 'Preparations for World War II and wartime, 1939-45'; 'Half a century of peace - the golden age of petrochemicals, 1945-47' - 'British revival and German competitive troubles in the 1980s and 1990s'; 'Concluding remarks'