Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. Overview

1. Differences, Concepts, Themes, and Approach

2. Evolving Paths of Learning

Part II. The Chemical Industry

3. The Major American Companies

4. The Focused American Companies

5. The European Competitors

6. The American Competitors

Part III. The Pharmaceutical Industry

7. The American Companies: The Prescription Path

8. The American Companies: The Over-the-Counter Path

9. The American and European Competitors

10. Commercializing Biotechnology

Part IV. Paths of Learning

11. The Three Revolutions: Industrial, Information, and Biotechnology

Notes

Index

Bachrach Photography

Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., was Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School.

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