Aufgrund ihrer (Querschnitts-)Technologien ist die Elektroindustrie in Deutschland vergleichsweise stark mit anderen Wirtschaftszweigen verwoben: Einerseits ist die kurz- bis mittelfristige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Elektroindustrie eng an den allgemeinen Konjunkturverlauf gekoppelt....

"The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played in its development. We then explore three noteworthy...

A firm's ability to shape its policies to meet societal demands depends on how it perceives the opportunities and risks in its environment. We hypothesized that corporate culture plays a significant role in shaping organizational perceptions. This paper summarizes the findings of a study on how...

How does a major international company learn? In particular, how does a successful international company even discover that it needs to learn to do things differently, and to do different things, rather than relying on its past recipes for success? According to the literature, success tends to...