Innovations in the European Economy between the Wars

ISBN-13: 9783110135824 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 339 str.

Caron, Francois

Opis

Beiträge der Konferenz der European Science Foundation über "Sources and Diffusion of Innovations 1919-1933" zur Interdependenz technischer, ökonomischer und politischer Entwicklungsfaktoren.

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- ?. The Extension of Technical Systems -- Introduction -- Innovation and Radio Industry in Europe during the Interwar Period -- From Small Insulated Plants to Regional Networks: The Path of Growth of the Italian Electrical Industry from its Beginning to the 1930s -- The German Long Distance Telephone Network as a Large Technical System, 1919-1939, and its Spin-offs for the Integration of Europe -- II. The Transfer of Technology and its Diffusion -- Introduction -- Spin-off from British and German Aircraft Technology after the Great War -- Technology and Chocolate: Research in the British Food Industry before 1940 -- III. The Structure of Enterprise and Innovation -- Introduction -- Innovation and the Structure of the IG Farben -- Strategies of Growth and Innovation in the Decentralized Du Pont Company, 1921-1950 -- Strategy, Technological Capability, and Innovation: German Enterprises in Comparative Perspective -- IV. The Formation and Development of Industrial Research and Technology -- Introduction -- The Choice between Competition and Cooperation: Research and Development in the Electrical Industry in Germany and the Netherlands, 1920-1936 -- Science and Industry. Modernisation Strategies in Norway 1900-1940 -- The Evolution of European Industrial Technology in the Interwar Period -- Summary -- Index

O autorze

Der Autor ist Betriebswirtschafter und Medizin-Informatiker. Dr. phil. Paul Erker, geboren 1959 ist Privatdozent an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Autor mehrerer Publikationen zur Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensgeschichte.