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Creating Market Failure: Business-Government Relations in the British Paper-Pulp Industry, 1950–1980

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This article examines the nuances and complexities of business-government relations in the British paper-pulp industry between 1950 and 1980 through the prism of interactions between Wiggins, Teape & Co., a paper company, and various U.K. government departments in the postwar period. It highlights the complexity of business-government and interdepartmental relations and tensions, set against the global and domestic paper industry competition and the United Kingdom's international economic position. Long-standing industry underinvestment and interdepartmental tensions in government are identified as principal contributors to the failing competitiveness of the industry and of British businesses more generally in the twentieth century.

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  • MacKenzie, Niall G., 2018. "Creating Market Failure: Business-Government Relations in the British Paper-Pulp Industry, 1950–1980," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 92(4), pages 719-741, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:92:y:2018:i:04:p:719-741_00
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