Opting for Oil - The Political Economy of Technological Change in West German

Klappentext An analysis of how the West German chemical industry regained and then retained a competitive position in world markets from 1945 1961. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the causes! course and consequences of the shift in West German chemical technology from a coal to a petroleum basis between 1945 and 1961. It explains how West German industry regained and then retained a competitive position in world markets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Background: 1. Politics and technological excellence: organic chemicals, 1860-1945: 2. Western German chemicals in flux, 1945-55; Part II. Bargaining from Strength: The Political Economy Of Technological Change, 1945-55: 3. A new agenda, 1949-55: Cold War, changing energy patterns and the development of West German chemical technology; 4. Rejoining the international community: international cooperation and technology transfer, 1951-5; Part III. Alternative Paths to Plenty: Case Studies from the mid-1950s: 5. Fifty-fifty with the petroleum multinationals: BASF, Shell, and Rheinische Olefinwerke; 6. Fifty-fifty with the petroleum multinationals: Bayer, British Petroleum, and Erdölchemie; 7. Going it alone: Hoechst; 8. State's interest and technological change: Hüls and cold-rubber technology; 9. End game strategies: the German coal industry and the Fischer-Tropsch process; Part IV. Consolidating the New Regime, 1957-61: 10. Petrochemicals triumphant, 1957-61; 11. Conclusion; Index.

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• Authors: Stokes Raymond G., Raymond G. Stokes, Raymond G. (University of Glasgow) Stokes, Stokes Raymond G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025768
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02576-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Germany, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, Chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, Chemical industries