Innovation and convergence
Expanding boundaries of chemical industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11937530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Bowonder (Administrative Staff College of India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-54 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/030801801679386 |
| OpenAlex | W2037349013 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The chemical industry has been a major driver of industrialisation for the last hundred years, but during the past decade the pace of change has accelerated. This paper examines the major innovations in chemical industry and goes on to examine the important changes that diffusion of information technology, e-business, and new techniques of molecular design have brought about. Convergence inducing innovations are today a major driver of change, and the paper concludes by suggesting that chemical industry is at the beginning of a phase of megaconvergence, involving digital convergence, genetic convergence, and nanoconvergence
Business · Chemical industry · Convergence (economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Industrialisation · Market economy · Pace · Technological change · Technological convergence · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |