Magnetic Venture The Story of Oxford Instruments,9780199241088

Magnetic Venture The Story of Oxford Instruments

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ISBN13: 9780199241088
ISBN10: 0199241082
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-03-29
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Oxford Instruments is one of the UK's real success stories--a science-based company that has evolved from its earliest beginnings in a garden shed to become a world leader in applied superconductivity. This first-hand account details this evolution, focusing on the enterpreneurial skill of Sir Martin Wood and how the company has become a model for the new science-based university spin-offs.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
xi
List of Figures
xii
List of Boxes
xvi
Abbreviations xvii
Prologue 1(2)
First Steps
3(11)
The Superconductor Breakthrough
14(13)
The Juvenile Company
27(13)
Triumphs and Trials
40(19)
The Slow Climb from the Morass
59(13)
Medilog
72(9)
Magnets for Modelling Molecules
81(17)
Where is the Company Going?
98(11)
Making the Human Body Transparent
109(20)
What of the Rest of the Group?
129(9)
Strategies for the Future
138(11)
The Road to Flotation
149(11)
The New Public Company
160(13)
Seeds for Future Growth
173(20)
Boom Years
193(12)
Challenges and Changes in 1987
205(14)
The Renaissance of Oxford Magnet Technology
219(15)
Link Scientific and a New Japanese Initiative
234(11)
Helios---A Product Ahead of its Time?
245(17)
Through the Long Recession
262(17)
Issues of the Nervous Nineties
279(14)
Towards the End of an Era
293(22)
The Beginning of a New Era
315(10)
Bridges, Networks, and Nurseries: The Oxford Trust
325(24)
Postscript: Oxford Instruments in the Context of Post-War British Industry 349(10)
Richard Coopey
Glossary 359(4)
References 363(6)
Index 369

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