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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION, AND REGIONAL REPERCUSSIONS: THE CASE OF BRITISH SHIPBUILDING
Author(s) -
Todd Daniel
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1983.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - shipbuilding , technological change , industrial organization , promotion (chess) , government (linguistics) , shipyard , intervention (counseling) , economic interventionism , contingency , business , economy , engineering , economics , economic geography , political science , geography , politics , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , psychiatry , law , macroeconomics
A variant of the structural contingency model is applied to the post‐war experience of the British shipbuilding industry to show how technological change has affected the market for ships and compelled shipbuilding firms to adopt a number of responses. These include changes in industrial organization and the promotion of government intervention. Some of the ensuing outcomes are explored in detail by focusing on the industrial impact of the introduction of large tankers and standard ship designs. The regions that have benefited from the interaction of technological change and market demand are also identified.