Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry 1800-2018: Comparative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783319949611 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 299 str.

Särkkä, Timo

Opis

At a high level of abstraction, the evolution of any industry is a function of changes in product market demand, technology, the surrounding institutional environment and organisational solutions. A new industry emerges as a result of a technological opportunity that encourages the entry of a large number of firms. This edited volume provides illustrative, well documented case studies of technological transformation in the global paper industry from the inception of the mechanical papermaking in the early nineteenth century Europe until its recent developments in today's business environment with changing market dynamics and consumer behaviour.The study focuses on the roles of the availability of technology, knowledge, investments and raw materials on the one hand, and demand characteristics on the other hand, within local, regional, national or transnational organisational frameworks. It deals the relationships between technology transfer, technology leadership, raw material dependence, and product variety on a global scale.The First Part of the book presents a number of case studies focusing on the issues of research and development in technological transformation in the global pulp and paper industry. The case studies are country and company specific and deal with first movers (e.g. Britain, France), countries with delayed technological transformation (e.g. Spain, New Zealand and Australia) as well as industry leaders (Canada, Finland and Sweden). The Second part approaches the question of the role of investments, regulation and institutions in technological transformation from a global and comparative perspective.

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Contents

 1.      Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry: Introduction

Timo Särkkä, Miquel Gutiérrez-Poch, and Mark Kuhlberg

 Part I  Research and Development

 2.      Manufacturing Cellulosic Fibres for Making Paper: A Historical Perspective

Raimo Alén

 3.      Research and Development in the Finnish Wood Processing and Paper Industry, c. 1850-1990

Panu Nykänen

4.      The Greening of the Pulp and Paper Industry: Sweden in Comparative Perspective

Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Kristina Söderholm

 

Part II Regulations and Institutions

 

5.      Varieties of State Aid and Technological Development: Government Support to the Pulp and Paper Industry, the 1970s to the 1990s
Jari Ojala, Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, and Juha-Antti Lamberg
 

6.      From Backward to Modern: The Adoption of Technology by the Pulp Industry in Portugal, 1891-2015

Amélia Branco and Pedro Neves

 

7.      Natural Potential, Artificial Restraint: The Dryden Paper Company and the Fetters on Adopting Technological Innovation in a Canadian Pulp and Paper Sector, 1900-1950

Mark Kuhlberg

 

8.      The Endless Sheet: Technology Transfer and the Papermaking Industry in Spain, 1800-1936

Miquel Gutiérrez-Poch

 

PART III       Local Innovations and Global Markets

 9.      Technology Transfer and Local Innovation: Pulp and Paper Manufacturing in New Zealand, c.1860 to c.1960

Michael Roche

 

10.  Making Paper in Australia: Developing the Technology to Create a National Industry, 1818-1928

Gordon Dadswell

 

11.  The Quest for Raw Materials in the British Paper Trade: The Development of Bamboo Pulp and Paper Industry in India up to 1939

Timo Särkkä

 

12.  Creating Global Markets: Seaborne Trade in Pulp and Paper Products over the Last 400 Years

Jari Ojala and Stig Tenold

 13.  Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry: Concluding Remarks

Mark Kuhlberg, Timo Särkkä, and Jussi Uusivuori

 Index

Blurb

This contributed volume provides 11 illustrative case studies of technological transformation in the global pulp and paper industry from the inception of mechanical papermaking in early nineteenth century Europe until its recent developments in today’s business environment with rapidly changing market dynamics and consumer behaviour. It deals with the relationships between technology transfer, technology leadership, raw material dependence, and product variety on a global scale. The study itemises the main drivers in technology transfer that affected this process, including the availability of technology, knowledge, investments and raw materials on the one hand, and demand characteristics on the other hand, within regional, national and transnational organisational frameworks.

The volume is intended as a basic introduction to the history of papermaking technology, and it is aimed at students and teachers as course material and as a handbook for professionals working in either industry, research centres or universities. It caters to graduate audiences in forestry, business, technical sciences, and history.