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The Organization of Industrial Research as a Network Activity: Agricultural Research at Philips in the 1930s
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Business historians have shown the importance of industrial research in the process of innovation. Most have focused on the industrial research departments themselves. Less attention has been paid to the position of these departments within research networks outside the firm. This article explores the story of networking at the Dutch company Philips & Co. during the interwar period. Gilles Holst, director of Philips's Research Department at the time, became involved in an agricultural res...
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The Organization of Industrial Research as a Network Activity: Agricultural Research at Philips in the 1930s
Business History Review
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Scientists will gather for study of artificial light's effect on nature
Daily Breeze
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Science News
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A brighter future? Philips. (Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V.)
The Economist (US)
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EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON NATURE WILL BE EYED
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Struggling with a supertanker; Philips.(Reinventing Philips)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; ... by a quarter. Staff were asked for belt-tightening suggestions, and around euro150m of immediate savings were identified--bad news for Philips's consultants and telecoms providers. More than euro1 billion of savings will come later. This nip-and-tuck style ...
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Brighter spark: Philips. (economic recovery for Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V.)
The Economist (US)
; IS PHILIPS, a giant Dutch electronics company with sales of $30 billion, finally on the mend? The stockmarket seems to think so. Recently the company's share price has soared as it continues to shed assets and reorganize businesses (see chart on next page). In the latest change, its New York-based
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Scientists link breast cancer to artificial light
The Independent - London
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The Washington Post
; ... it is vying with other HDTV developers to win government approval for its digital HDTV standard. Despite such pockets of bad news, there are signs that Philips will survive if not best its competitors. Its boards of directors and management, once dominated ...
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Philips Braces Itself For the Competition; Dutch Consumer Electronics Innovator Slashes Fat to Defend European Turf
The Washington Post
; When Wil Iding came to work at Philips Electronics NV, his boss told him he had a job for life. And for 27 years, as he rose from technician to a $75,000-a-year middle manager, he never doubted that promise. Earlier this year, however, Philips suddenly told Iding he was being laid off, just one of
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