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Opting for Oil

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  • Stokes,Raymond G.

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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 examines the historical underpinnings of the technological culture of the German chemical industry; changing political and economic constraints on technological decision-making in the post-war period; and the actual decision-making process within five individual firms. By addressing a wide variety of broader issues - including the origins and impact of the division of Germany; the effects of the Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle; European integration; and the changing role of the West German Federal Republic in the international political order - this book explains how West German industry regained and then retained a competitive position in world markets.

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  • Stokes,Raymond G., 1994. "Opting for Oil," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521451246.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:cbooks:9780521451246
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    1. Meek, Stuart & Ison, Stephen & Enoch, Marcus, 2011. "Evaluating alternative concepts of bus-based park and ride," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 456-467, March.
    2. Gavin Wright, 1999. "Can a Nation Learn? American Technology as a Network Phenomenon," NBER Chapters, in: Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries, pages 295-332, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Parkhurst, Graham, 1995. "Park and ride: Could it lead to an increase in car traffic?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 15-23, January.
    4. Ruttan, Vernon W., 1996. "Sources Of Technical Change: Induced Innovation, Evolutionary Theory And Path Dependence," Bulletins 12974, University of Minnesota, Economic Development Center.
    5. Streb, Jochen, 1999. "How to Win Schumpeterian Competition. Technological Transfers in the German Plastics Industry from the 1930s to the 1970s," Center Discussion Papers 28374, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
    6. Streb, Jochen & Wallusch, Jacek & Yin, Shuxi, 2007. "Knowledge spill-over from new to old industries: The case of German synthetic dyes and textiles (1878-1913)," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 203-223, April.

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