Company that Changed Itself : R&D and the Transformations of DSM

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Research and Businees in the Chemical Industry -- 2. From Works Laboratories to Centralised Research -- 3. Expansion and Fiversification: R&D after the Second World War -- 4. The Large Leap Forward: Redefining the Role of R&D in the 1970s -- 5. The 1980s: Moving Away from Cyclicality and into High Value-Added Products -- 6. Conclusion: Research and Business at DSM -- 7. Epilogue: the 1990s -- Appendix -- Sources -- List of Figures, Graphs and Tables -- Index.