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...

Preface -- DSM - From Dutch State Mines to Chemicals Company -- Transforming a Business School -- Moving from Sales to Marketing -- Achieving Market Orientation -- Developing Business Strategy Dialogues at DSM -- Enhancing Business School Impact -- Embedding Business Strategy Dialogues as a Core...

1. To review of the Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE) experience in Europe as well as to propose a European research programme evaluating and promoting prospects in the field of KBE - this was the general aim of the study. In the context of the Lisbon Strategy, methodology, conclusions and...