The German Chemical Industry

Author : John E. Lesch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401593779

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The German Chemical Industry in the Twentieth Century by John E. Lesch Pdf

In the twentieth century, dyes, pharmaceuticals, photographic products, explosives, insecticides, fertilizers, synthetic rubber, fuels, and fibers, plastics, and other products have flowed out of the chemical industry and into the consumer economies, war machines, farms, and medical practices of industrial societies. The German chemical industry has been a major site for the development and application of the science-based technologies that gave rise to these products, and has had an important role as exemplar, stimulus, and competitor in the international chemical industry. This volume explores the German chemical industry's scientific and technological dimension, its international connections, and its development after 1945. The authors relate scientific and technological change in the industry to evolving German political and economic circumstances, including two world wars, the rise and fall of National Socialism, the post-war division of Germany, and the emergence of a global economy. This book will be of interest to historians of modern Germany, to historians of science and technology, and to business and economic historians.

Author : Luther Wilson Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : WISC:89048104343

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The German Chemical Industry by Luther Wilson Greene Pdf

Author : Lion Hirth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3638832392

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State, Cartels and Growth by Lion Hirth Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic and Social History, grade: 1,0, University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Department of Economics), course: European Economic History, 64 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper provides an analysis of the German chemical industry during the "Second Industrial Revolution" of the late 19th and the early 20th century. It is modeled after Steven Webb's (1980) article on the iron and steel industry. Here it is argued that the exceptional growth and success of the industry - chemicals were the fastest growing industry in Germany and by 1890 German firms held 85% world market share in dyestuff production - was supported by a high degree of market con-centration and cartelization. This enabled the firms to gain large economies of scale and scope through backward integra-tion and product diversification. Dynamic efficiency gains were mainly achieved by relaxing credit constraints, reducing uncertainty, and allocate investment more efficiently. It is further argued that state action played a crucial role in setting up and stabilizing cartels. This analysis is in line with a Schumpeterian view of welfare-enhancing effects of imperfect competi-tion. While these findings obviously do not question anti-trust policy per se, they do question a mechanical view on market structure that is common in much mainstream economic thinking.

Author : William Telfair Daugherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : UIUC:30112104064123

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German Chemical Developments in 1926 by William Telfair Daugherty Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : OCLC:50669100

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Business Strategies and Research Organization in the German Chemical Industry and Its Role as Exemplar for Other Industries in Germany and Britain by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Telfair Daugherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : UIUC:30112104063307

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German Chemical Developments in 1927 by William Telfair Daugherty Pdf

Author : Ludwig Fritz Haber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89046872735

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The Chemical Industry, 1900-1930 by Ludwig Fritz Haber Pdf

Author : British chemical mission on chemical factories in the occupied area of Germany
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Chemistry, Technical
ISBN : CHI:73577412

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The Chemical Industries of German Rhineland by British chemical mission on chemical factories in the occupied area of Germany Pdf

Author : Ashish Arora,Ralph Landau,Nathan Rosenberg
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020155458

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Chemicals and Long-Term Economic Growth by Ashish Arora,Ralph Landau,Nathan Rosenberg Pdf

This text addresses economic and management lessons to be learned from the chemical industry and emphasizes the importance of the chemical industry to the development of any industrial nation. It examines: the role of science, technology and industry organization in fostering innovation and profit; explores the role of macroeconomics policies, legal and financial institutions, and corporate finance in affecting the behaviour of firms; and details the responses of the chemical industry to various historical and geographical changes.

Author : William Telfair Daugherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : UIUC:30112101933304

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German Chemical Developments in 1929 by William Telfair Daugherty Pdf

Author : Kathryn Steen
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781469612904

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The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry by Kathryn Steen Pdf

American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry: War and Politics, 1910-1930

Author : Wyn Grant,William E. Paterson,William Paterson,Colin Whitston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038512690

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Government and the Chemical Industry by Wyn Grant,William E. Paterson,William Paterson,Colin Whitston Pdf

A comparison of the chemical industry in Britain and West Germany and the industry's relationship with the government in both countries. The authors interviewed individuals in firms, organizations and government bodies and discuss the reason for the superior industrial performance of West Germany.

Author : Vereinigung chemischer fabriken Deutschlands. Comite für die Weltausstellung in Chicago, 1893
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Chemical industry
ISBN : UOM:39015068424756

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Guide Trough [!] the Exhibition of the German Chemical Industry by Vereinigung chemischer fabriken Deutschlands. Comite für die Weltausstellung in Chicago, 1893 Pdf

Author : Fred Aftalion
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0812282078

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A History of the International Chemical Industry by Fred Aftalion Pdf

Unlike conventional histories written about the field of chemistry, this study presents an international perspective, integrating the story of chemical science with that of the chemical industry, and emphasizing the developments of the twentieth century.

Author : Werner Abelshauser,Wolfgang von Hippel,Jeffrey Allan Johnson,Raymond G. Stokes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139438759

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German Industry and Global Enterprise by Werner Abelshauser,Wolfgang von Hippel,Jeffrey Allan Johnson,Raymond G. Stokes Pdf

The corporate history of BASF spans an era of German and international economic history that began with the rise of the 'new industries' as of the late nineteenth century and continues today in their confrontation with the new economy. This book examines BASF's corporate governance, financial system, industrial relations, system of qualification and relation to other companies. A corporate history of BASF promises more than an insight into the functioning of an industrial organisation. It also reveals the reasons for the extraordinary economic dynamics of the German empire and the enormous expansion of the world economy before World War I. BASF's history stands at the centre of Germany's wartime economy during two world wars and highlights both its strengths and weaknesses. Just as the IG Farben trust helped support Germany's course of politicoeconomic autarky after 1933, so it was that BASF helped facilitate West Germany's startlingly quick return to the world market. BASF has since been among the transnational companies whose efforts at the leading edge of economic and technological progress are paradigmatic for Germany's entry into the new economy of the twenty-first century.