Unlikely victory [[electronic resource] ] : how General Electric succeeded in the chemical industry / / by Jerome T. Coe

• Autore: Coe Jerome T. <1921->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.7/66/00973; 338.76600973
• Soggetto topico: Chemical industry - United States; Conglomerate corporations - United States; International business enterprises - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Unlikely 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 ; 7. 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 ; 13. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Many 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Unlikely victory
• ISBN: 1-282-78335-1; 9786612783357; 0-470-93548-0; 0-470-93547-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829980903321
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