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Cars, Paint, and Chemicals: Industry Linkages and the Capture of Overseas Technology Between the Wars
Author(s) -
Todd Jan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8446.00029
Subject(s) - business , stimulus (psychology) , industrial organization , commerce , engineering , psychology , psychotherapist
This paper throws new light on the contentious issue of the car industry's contribution to Australian industrial development between the wars. Against assessments that certain supplier industries were inefficient and technologically stagnant, the paper examines the interactions between the car and paint industries in this period and identifies a stimulus and mechanism for far‐reaching technological change.