Following America into the second industrial revolution: New rules of competition and Ontario's farm machinery industry, 1850-1930

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 292-309

  Winder, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural implements industry; Branch plant economy; Foreign direct investment; Globalization; Innis; National Policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MACHINERY;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0038007999     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2002.tb00752.x     Document Type: Article

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