LEADER 03844nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910876671903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-78335-1 010 $a9786612783357 010 $a0-470-93548-0 010 $a0-470-93547-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016451 035 $a(EBL)589016 035 $a(OCoLC)665842160 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430363 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11317324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430363 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10452959 035 $a(PQKB)11749800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC589016 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016451 100 $a20000321d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnlikely victory $ehow General Electric succeeded in the chemical industry /$fby Jerome T. Coe 210 $aNew York $cAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8169-0819-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aUnlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. What's General Electric Doing in the Chemical Business?; 2. Early Years of GE Chemistry: 1900-1948 Electrical Insulation; Silicones; GE Forms a Chemical Division; 3. GE Silicones: 1940-1964 From Shaky Start to Successful Business; 4. Loctite An Invention that Got Away; 5. Synthetic Diamond GE Break-Through Caps Two Centuries of Research; 6. Lexan Polycarbonate: 1953-1968 The "Unbreakable" Thermoplastic 327 $a7. Noryl Thermoplastic: 1956-1968 Victory Snatched from Jaws of Defeat8. GE Engineering Plastics: 1968-1987 Headlong Growth to World Leadership; 9. Growth by Means of a Major Acquisition: 1988-1991 ABS Plastics Up for Bid; A New Polycarbonate Process; 10. Laminates and Insulating Materials GE Core-businesses Decline in Importance; 11. GE Silicones: 1965-1998 Sealants Leadership; World Participation; 12. GE Engineering Plastics: 1992-1998 After Recession, Growth Resumes 327 $a13. People Make the Difference Four Scientists: Eugene G. Rochow, H. Tracy Hall and the GE Diamond Research Team, Daniel W Fox, Allan S. Hay Five Managers: Abraham L. Marshall, Charles E. Reed, John F. Welch, Jr,. Glen H. Hiner, Gary L. Rogers14. Summation How Big an Achievement? How Attained? Nine Strategies; Glossary; A. Thermoplastic Polymers. Compounds. and Blends; B. Trade-names, Companies. and Chemical Terms; C. GE Organization Notes; Chapter References; Names Index; Subject Index 330 $aMany companies that stray too far from their core business fail. So how is it that General Electric, a major electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers-with 1998 sales of 6.6 billion? In Unlikely Victory, Jerome T. Coe, a retired 40-year career employee with General Electric, who spent more than 20 years as a manager of the company's chemical businesses, suggests that it was a combination of necessity, forward-thinking of the engineers, and managers wise enough to give them breathing room. "Much of what they did (then) was counter to the prevailing GE 606 $aChemical industry$zUnited States 606 $aConglomerate corporations$zUnited States 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zUnited States 615 0$aChemical industry 615 0$aConglomerate corporations 615 0$aInternational business enterprises 676 $a338.7/66/00973 700 $aCoe$b Jerome T.$f1921-$0944248 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910876671903321 996 $aUnlikely victory$92131619 997 $aUNINA