The global chemical industry in the age of the petrochemical revolution / edited by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino, Vera Zamagni.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-463) and index.

I: Crosscutting issues -- 1. The evolution of networks in the chemical industry / Fabrizio Cesaroni, Alfonso Gambardella, and Muriam Mariani -- 2. Competitive strategies of the world's largest chemical companies, 1970-2000 / Harm G. Schrèoter -- 3. Financial systems and corporate strategy in the chemical industry / Marco Da Rin -- 4. Government environment policy and the chemical industry / Wyn Grant -- II: World players : leaders -- 5. The German chemical industry after World War II / Ulrich Wengenroth -- 6. The American chemical industry since the petrochemical revolution / John Kenly Smith, Jr. -- Competitors: 7. The export-dependence of the Swiss chemical industry and the internationalization of Swiss chemical firms (1950-2000) / Margrit Mèuller -- 8. Development patterns in the petrochemical industry in the Nordic countries, 1960-2000 / Gunnar Nerheim -- 9. Repositioning of European chemical groups and changes in innovation management: the case of the French chemical industry / Florence Chareu-Duboc -- 10. The United Kingdom / Wyn Grant -- 11. The development and struggle of Japanese chemical enterprises since the petrochemical revolution / Takashi Hikino -- European followers: 12. The rise and fall of the Italian chemical industry 1950s-1990s / Vera Zamagni -- 13. The global accommodation of a latecomer: the Spanish chemical industry since the petrochemical revolution / Nâuria Puig -- 14. Some final observations / Vera Zamagni and Louis Galambos.