The manufacturing failure hypothesis and the performance of British industry during the long boom

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-33

  Booth, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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FORDISM; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038374584     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00240     Document Type: Article

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