Supplier networks in the German aircraft industry during World War II and their long-term effects on West Germany's automobile industry during the ‘Wirtschaftswunder’

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ID8420587
AutoresJonas Scherner (0000-0002-3990-8548, NTNU Samfunnsforskning), Jochen Streb (0000-0001-7812-7923, University of Mannheim, autor de correspondencia), Stéphanie Tilly
Año2014
Volumen56
Número6
Páginas996-1020
Fecha de publicación2014-08-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076791.2013.850671
OpenAlexW2082881263
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas21

Reconstructing the complex supplier network of the famous JU 88 air armament programme, this article shows that outsourcing activities increased considerably in wartime Germany. The resulting inter-firm division of labour did not lead only to a quite effective protection of the German aircraft production against Allied air raids but also contributed to enormous labour productivity growth in most stages of the production process. Even though aircraft production was prohibited in post-war Germany, this supplier network survived and became the backbone of the most spectacular symbol of West Germany's economic rebirth: the automobile industry

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