Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Industry Faces the 21st Century. The ChemicalIndustry

摘要

The Office of Technology Policy commissioned this series of reports in order tosolicit the view of different segments of the private sector concerning what policy makers should know about them. The subject of the first report in this series is the Chemical Industry. It was prepared under the auspices of the chemical Manufactors Association and was broadly reviewed within the industry. It discusses (1) the structure of the chemical industry; (2) the forces currently shaping the industry; (3) anticipated industry evolution over the next five to ten years; and (4) the major factors affecting the chemical industry's competitiveness. While there is a rich literature concerning the industry, this is the first collective effort by its members to describe its competitive status and the first time that so many different aspects of its posture have been treated together.