Science and corporate strategy
by David A. Hounshell, John Kenly Smith · first published 1988
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…https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26931359 https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/kilcup.1/262/feynman.html?rep... You'll find similar observations regarding corporate research and development. See David Hounshell's work on R&D at DuPont: Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D 1902-1980, originally published in the 1980s. https://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-corporate-strateg... Similar stories exist for AT&T's Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, IBM Research, and even…
on “Why I prefer making useless stuff” ↗There is a similar book on DuPont's research labs, and I believe others regarding Kodak, Xerox, IBM, and other large industrial R&D operations. See David Hounshell's Science and Corporate Strategy https://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-corporate-strateg...
on “Too many new papers may mean novel ideas rarely rack up citations” ↗…life upsidedown. Digital Apollo --- a history of the computing history of the Apollo program, especially the tensions in the software development sides between good management and perfect programs. Science and Corporate Strategy, DuPont R&D 1902-1982 --- if you're interested in the development of big chem, or in the history of companies having R&D departments, this is the book for you. The DuPonts were very well-educated, many…
on “Ask PG/HN: Recommended reading on the history of technology” ↗I take it you're the original author. What if any is your materials background? Are you familiar with David Hounshell's Science and Corporate Strategy <https://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-corporate-strateg...>?
on “A New Materials Paradigm Is Overdue” ↗…yields: <https://newbooksnetwork.com/search?+q=history+of+corporation>. And I see a number of future timesinks, starting with Counter Cola: <https://newbooksnetwork.com/counter-cola> David Hounshell's Science and Corporate Strategy is one of several books about major industrial R&D labs. His covers Du Pont. <https://archive.org/details/sciencecorporate0008houn> AT&T's Bell Labs is another notable topic (Jon Gertner, The Idea Factory,…
on “A quick and sobering guide to cloning yourself” ↗…undefined for my taste. The nature, questions, and value of research are one element of a larger set of questions I've been exploring. I've recently run across David Hounshell's work on R&D at DuPont: Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D 1902-1980, originally published in the 1980s. https://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-corporate-strateg... For a ... short-ish ... synopsis, covering main themes, see Hounshell's article:…
on “The Long Game of Research” ↗