Innovations in the European Economy between the Wars

Nachdruck 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-013582-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caron, Francois

Fischer, Wolfram

Erker, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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