Competition, Collusion, and Confusion
The State and the Reorganization of the British Cotton Industry, 1931–1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12678940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Greaves (corresponding author), Julian I Greaves |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-79 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Enterprise & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-2227 • E-ISSN: 1467-2235 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/es/3.1.48 |
| OpenAlex | W3122434319 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
British industrial policy in the 1930s has generated considerable historical controversy. This article furthers the debate by using the cotton industry as a case study. The biggest constraint on active government policies toward cotton was not institutional inertia or “industrial diplomacy,” as some historians claim, but the sheer practical difficulty of intervening in such a complex industry. Cotton also poses problems for historians who see British industrial policy in the 1930s as largely about restraining competition. The government feared that restriction would make matters worse in the cotton industry and was therefore hesitant about backing schemes designed to limit competition. Its dilemma was how best to maintain private-sector confidence
Collusion · Competition (biology · Confusion · Constraint (computer-aided design · Dilemma · Diplomacy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Industrial organization · Industrial policy · Management · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Australian History and Society · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Industrial Relations · Law
The Decline of the British economy
British Economic Growth 1856-1973
The Productivity Race
The Economic Advisory Council, 1930–1939
The British Coalmining Industry, 1870 – 1946
Britain and the Commonwealth Alliance 1918–1939
Business, Politics and International Relations
Britain's Productivity Gap in the 1930s
Economics and Policy
The Cotton Industry in Britain
Industrial Reconstruction and the Control of Competition
British Industries and Their Organisation
Industrial Organization and Technological Change
Sir Horace Wilson, 1900–1935
The Lancashire Cotton Industry in the Inter-War Years
Productivity on the Cheap’? The ‘More Looms’ Experiment and the Lancashire Weaving Industry during the Inter-War Years
The British Cotton Industry and International Competitive Advantage
Short-time Working and Price Maintenance
Britain in the 1930s
Stubborn Mules and Vertical Integration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2014 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |