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Opportunities for- and configuration of foreign innovation: a case study of multinational companies in China

by | Jun 2012

Abstract China has made significant progress in terms of economic development and market based reforms within the last twenty years. The country is no longer limited to a cheap production location for the rest of the world. It became a promising market with expanding...

Collaborative development of new process technology/equipment in the process industries: in search of enhanced innovation performance

by | Jun 2012

Abstract When a new production plant is built or an existing one upgraded, it can not be taken for granted that adequate process technology is available off the supplier’s shelves. Rather, it may require a strong commitment on the process firm’s part to find...

The future of chemical distribution in Europe: Customer relations as key value lever

by | Jun 2012

About 10% of the overall output of chemical producers is distributed via independent chemical distributors. More than this pure figure indicates, chemical distributors bear a tremendous importance in distributing chemical products to an often very widespread customer...

Development of an effective outsourcing strategy for toxicological studies in the chemical industry

by | Feb 2012

Abstract The chemical industry has been put under considerable time pressure by the European Community Regulation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals). The work outlined here has been developed at the BASF SE’s Experimental Toxicology and...

Standardized cost estimation for new technologies (SCENT) – methodology and tool

by | Feb 2012

Abstract This paper presents the development of a methodology and tool (called SCENT) to prepare preliminary economic estimates of the total production costs related to manufacturing in the process industries. The methodology uses the factorial approach – cost objects...

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