Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel
Narain Gehani's Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel offers an insider's account of Bell Laboratories during its most productive decades. It recounts the culture, research programmes, and management systems that supported breakthroughs such as the transistor, information theory, and satellite communications.
Gehani highlights how Bell Labs balanced long-term research with product delivery, detailing funding models, talent practices, and collaboration structures. The book is a useful reference for organisations considering directed investment in advanced R&D.