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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971725403321

Autore

Vries Marc de

Titolo

80 years of research at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1914-1994) : the role of the Nat.Lab. at Philips / / Marc J. de Vries ; with contributions by F. Kees Boersma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Pallas Publications, c2005

ISBN

1-003-68999-X

1-04-078940-4

1-280-95864-2

9786610958641

90-485-0479-1

1-4237-8539-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoersmaKees

Disciplina

621.381

900

Soggetti

Research, Industrial - Netherlands - Laboratories - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-320) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Role of a Research Organisation in an Industrial Company: Motives and Themes for Writing the History of the Philips Nat. Lab.; 2. Prologue: The Nat.Lab.'s Early Years (1914-1923); PART I. The Nat.Lab. as a Growth and Diversification Factor in the Philips Company (1923-1946); 3. Developing a Research Organisation for a Diversifying Company; 4. Research for Diversification in Action; Intermezzo I. The German Occupation and the Transition Years (1940-1946); PART II. An Autonomous Lab alongside Autonomous Product Divisions (1946-1972)

5. A Research Organisation alongside Autonomous Product Divisions6. The Practice of Autonomous Research; Intermezzo II. Changing Attitudes towards Science and Technology (1966-1972); PART III. The Road towards Mutual Commitment (1972-1994); 7. Redirecting the Research Organisation for Mutual Commitment; 8. Examples of the Road towards Mutual Commitment; 9. Epilogue: The Dynamics of the Nat.Lab. as a Professional Organisation within the Philips Company; List



of Figures; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A historical study of the role of the Philips Nat.Lab. in the past 80 years