Paul L Robertson
Biographic Data
| ID | 997259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul L Robertson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul L |
| FAMILY NAME | Robertson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTSON P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8623-1309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates – By Peter T. Leeson
In 1879, W. S. Gilbert wrote the libretto for an operetta in which a group of pirates,all orphaned noblemen, surrender their profession to marry Major-General Stanleys many beautiful daughters
Globalization in World History – By Peter N. Stearns
Low‐tech’ Industries: Innovativeness and Development Perspectives—A Summary of a European Research Project
This paper introduces the findings of a European research project on the innovativeness of industrial ‘low‐tech’ sectors. This research was carried out in the context of the ongoing discussion about the emerging knowledge society. We argue that innovation depends not only on industries with frontline technological knowledge but also on low‐tech industries. Our starting point is an examination of widely held views on the strengths of high‐technolo…
The future of management: Does business history have anything to tell us
Although many of the environmental factors described by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr are altering under the impact of technological change, this will not necessarily lead to wholesale changes in the roles played by managers. Many of the functions of managers will remain intact, even if new technologies alter how they are executed. Moreover, the managerial and organizational capabilities developed to control ‘Chandlerian’ firms are adaptable and will co…
The Commonwealth as an Economic Network
Research on the economics and sociology of business networks also sheds light on the development of networks of countries. The British Commonwealth was an important global network, or group of networks, in the mid‐twentieth century. Commonwealth members, including Australia and New Zealand, cooperated in the management of the Sterling Area and the Commonwealth Preference Area. Yet Commonwealth members also had links to other networks and other so…
Classification of Industries by Level of Technology: An Appraisal and some Implications
Modern growth theory acknowledges that a country's economic prosperity depends in large part on its capacity for technological innovation. Empirical evidence, however, supports the view that not all sectors are equally innovative. As a result, it seems desirable from a public policy perspective to identify and promote sectors displaying both a high innovation rate and, in an increasingly competitive international economy, a high degree of interna…
Authority and Control in Modern Industry: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Introduction Paul L. Robertson1. The rise of the factory system in Britain: Efficiency of exploitation? S.R.H. Jones, University of Dundee, UK2. The co-evolution of technology and organisation in the transition to the factory system Richard N. Langlois, University of Connecticut, USA3. Class structures and the firm: The interplay of workplace and industrial relations in large capitalist environmentsThomas Welskopp, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germa…
The Decline of Economic Complementarity? Australia and Britain 1945–1952
At the end of the Second World War, Australia implemented a development program designed to improve the nation’s defence capabilities through a rapid increase in population and the growth of manufacturing industry. These plans were contrary to the vision of ‘complementarity’ promoted by the United Kingdom, in which the British economy would export manufactured goods to other members of the Commonwealth in return for primary products. Despite Brit…
The decline of economic complementarity? Australia and Britain 1945—1952
At the end of the Second World War, Australia implemented a development program designed to improve the nation’s defence capabilities through a rapid increase in population and the growth of manufacturing industry. These plans were contrary to the vision of `complementarity’ promoted by the United Kingdom, in which the British economy would export manufactured goods to other members of the Commonwealth in return for primary products. Despite Brit…
Britain, Butter, and European Integration, 1957–1964
Access to the British butter market was an important issue during British negotiations with continental Europe in the early 1960s. Commonwealth producers enjoyed preferential treatment under the terms of the Ottawa Agreement, and butter exports were of particular importance to New Zealand. This article explains how Britain attempted to safeguard New Zealand's trade while conforming to Europe's agricultural policy. When British/European negotiatio…
Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions
Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and Economic Change draws on industrial economics, business strategy, and economic history to develop an evolutionary model to show when innovation is best undertaken. The authors argue that innovation is a complex p
Innovation, Corporate Organisation and Industry Policy: William Lazonick on the Firm and Economic Growth
In two recent books and several articles, William Lazonlck has examined the proper industry policy for countries during periods of significant innovation. On the basis of the historical development of Britain, the USA and Japan, he concludes that successful innovation requires the establishment of large, vertically-integrated firms that are able to manoeuvre flexibly because their workers are willing and able to cooperate with change. Although La…
The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics
Other| September 01 1993 The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics. Israel M. Kirzner. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. xii, 246 pp. $39.95. Paul L. Robertson Paul L. Robertson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1993) 25 (3): 557–558. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-25-3-557 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Technological Choice and the Organization of Work in Capitalist Firms
Tn recent years, a number of political economists and historians have reopened the question of the effects of increased division of labour on the level of skill of the workforce in a capitalist economy. While some writers have contended that the predominant effect of progressive increases in the division of labour has been deskilling, others have found that the results of technological change have varied considerably depending on the nature of th…
The Development of an Urban University: Glasgow, 1860-1914
Industrialization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries enlarged the possible roles of universities in three major respects. The range of topics that could be offered expanded as technical and commercial subjects joined the arts curriculum and the traditional learned professions of law, medicine, and theology. In addition, shifts in societal composition as a result of industrialization changed the mix of the pool from which students could be…
Explaining Vertical Integration: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry
The early history of the American automobile industry provides fertile hunting grounds for theorists seeking corroboration of various, conflicting theories of vertical integration. An examination of the whole history suggests that no single theory always fits the facts perfectly. A complete explanation must combine specific theories in a way that is attentive to such factors as industry life-cycle, demand, economies of scale, and appropriability.…
Employers and Engineering Education in Britain and the United States, 1890–1914
The Finances of the University of Glasgow before 1914
THE SCANT SUPPORT which the British government gave to universities in the nineteenth century is well known. As late as 1900, only ?25,000 in exchequer funds went to universities and university colleges in England, which were allotted grants ranging from ?500 to ?1,800 each per year. Although there were significant increases in later years, it was not until the interwar period that large-scale government financing was undertaken. (1) Unfortunatel…
Demarcation Disputes in British Shipbuilding Before 1914
Matters of labour organisation and control are clearly related to the progress of mechanisation. Economic growth results from increases in productivity brought about by management's combination of trained men and “skillful” machines in productive work. In isolation neither management, labour, nor capital can in themselves achieve sustained growth in the output of goods and services; the efficient co-ordination of a trained and disciplined workfor…
Shipping and Shipbuilding: The Case of William Denny and Brothers
Technical Education in the British Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industries, 1863-1914
Explaining Vertical Integration: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry
The early history of the American automobile industry provides fertile hunting grounds for theorists seeking corroboration of various, conflicting theories of vertical integration. An examination of the whole history suggests that no single theory always fits the facts perfectly. A complete explanation must combine specific theories in a way that is attentive to such factors as industry life-cycle, demand, economies of scale, and appropriability.…
Demarcation Disputes in British Shipbuilding Before 1914
Matters of labour organisation and control are clearly related to the progress of mechanisation. Economic growth results from increases in productivity brought about by management's combination of trained men and “skillful” machines in productive work. In isolation neither management, labour, nor capital can in themselves achieve sustained growth in the output of goods and services; the efficient co-ordination of a trained and disciplined workfor…
Britain, Butter, and European Integration, 1957–1964
Access to the British butter market was an important issue during British negotiations with continental Europe in the early 1960s. Commonwealth producers enjoyed preferential treatment under the terms of the Ottawa Agreement, and butter exports were of particular importance to New Zealand. This article explains how Britain attempted to safeguard New Zealand's trade while conforming to Europe's agricultural policy. When British/European negotiatio…
Employers and Engineering Education in Britain and the United States, 1890–1914
The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics
Other| September 01 1993 The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics. Israel M. Kirzner. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. xii, 246 pp. $39.95. Paul L. Robertson Paul L. Robertson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1993) 25 (3): 557–558. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-25-3-557 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Technological Choice and the Organization of Work in Capitalist Firms
Tn recent years, a number of political economists and historians have reopened the question of the effects of increased division of labour on the level of skill of the workforce in a capitalist economy. While some writers have contended that the predominant effect of progressive increases in the division of labour has been deskilling, others have found that the results of technological change have varied considerably depending on the nature of th…
The Finances of the University of Glasgow before 1914
THE SCANT SUPPORT which the British government gave to universities in the nineteenth century is well known. As late as 1900, only ?25,000 in exchequer funds went to universities and university colleges in England, which were allotted grants ranging from ?500 to ?1,800 each per year. Although there were significant increases in later years, it was not until the interwar period that large-scale government financing was undertaken. (1) Unfortunatel…
Shipping and Shipbuilding: The Case of William Denny and Brothers
Technical Education in the British Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industries, 1863-1914
Shipping and Shipbuilding: The Case of William Denny and Brothers
Technical Education in the British Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industries, 1863-1914
Demarcation Disputes in British Shipbuilding Before 1914
Matters of labour organisation and control are clearly related to the progress of mechanisation. Economic growth results from increases in productivity brought about by management's combination of trained men and “skillful” machines in productive work. In isolation neither management, labour, nor capital can in themselves achieve sustained growth in the output of goods and services; the efficient co-ordination of a trained and disciplined workfor…
The Finances of the University of Glasgow before 1914
THE SCANT SUPPORT which the British government gave to universities in the nineteenth century is well known. As late as 1900, only ?25,000 in exchequer funds went to universities and university colleges in England, which were allotted grants ranging from ?500 to ?1,800 each per year. Although there were significant increases in later years, it was not until the interwar period that large-scale government financing was undertaken. (1) Unfortunatel…
Employers and Engineering Education in Britain and the United States, 1890–1914
Explaining Vertical Integration: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry
The early history of the American automobile industry provides fertile hunting grounds for theorists seeking corroboration of various, conflicting theories of vertical integration. An examination of the whole history suggests that no single theory always fits the facts perfectly. A complete explanation must combine specific theories in a way that is attentive to such factors as industry life-cycle, demand, economies of scale, and appropriability.…
The Development of an Urban University: Glasgow, 1860-1914
Industrialization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries enlarged the possible roles of universities in three major respects. The range of topics that could be offered expanded as technical and commercial subjects joined the arts curriculum and the traditional learned professions of law, medicine, and theology. In addition, shifts in societal composition as a result of industrialization changed the mix of the pool from which students could be…
Technological Choice and the Organization of Work in Capitalist Firms
Tn recent years, a number of political economists and historians have reopened the question of the effects of increased division of labour on the level of skill of the workforce in a capitalist economy. While some writers have contended that the predominant effect of progressive increases in the division of labour has been deskilling, others have found that the results of technological change have varied considerably depending on the nature of th…
Innovation, Corporate Organisation and Industry Policy: William Lazonick on the Firm and Economic Growth
In two recent books and several articles, William Lazonlck has examined the proper industry policy for countries during periods of significant innovation. On the basis of the historical development of Britain, the USA and Japan, he concludes that successful innovation requires the establishment of large, vertically-integrated firms that are able to manoeuvre flexibly because their workers are willing and able to cooperate with change. Although La…
The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics
Other| September 01 1993 The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics. Israel M. Kirzner. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. xii, 246 pp. $39.95. Paul L. Robertson Paul L. Robertson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1993) 25 (3): 557–558. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-25-3-557 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions
Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and Economic Change draws on industrial economics, business strategy, and economic history to develop an evolutionary model to show when innovation is best undertaken. The authors argue that innovation is a complex p
The Decline of Economic Complementarity? Australia and Britain 1945–1952
At the end of the Second World War, Australia implemented a development program designed to improve the nation’s defence capabilities through a rapid increase in population and the growth of manufacturing industry. These plans were contrary to the vision of ‘complementarity’ promoted by the United Kingdom, in which the British economy would export manufactured goods to other members of the Commonwealth in return for primary products. Despite Brit…
The decline of economic complementarity? Australia and Britain 1945—1952
At the end of the Second World War, Australia implemented a development program designed to improve the nation’s defence capabilities through a rapid increase in population and the growth of manufacturing industry. These plans were contrary to the vision of `complementarity’ promoted by the United Kingdom, in which the British economy would export manufactured goods to other members of the Commonwealth in return for primary products. Despite Brit…
Britain, Butter, and European Integration, 1957–1964
Access to the British butter market was an important issue during British negotiations with continental Europe in the early 1960s. Commonwealth producers enjoyed preferential treatment under the terms of the Ottawa Agreement, and butter exports were of particular importance to New Zealand. This article explains how Britain attempted to safeguard New Zealand's trade while conforming to Europe's agricultural policy. When British/European negotiatio…
Authority and Control in Modern Industry: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Introduction Paul L. Robertson1. The rise of the factory system in Britain: Efficiency of exploitation? S.R.H. Jones, University of Dundee, UK2. The co-evolution of technology and organisation in the transition to the factory system Richard N. Langlois, University of Connecticut, USA3. Class structures and the firm: The interplay of workplace and industrial relations in large capitalist environmentsThomas Welskopp, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germa…
Classification of Industries by Level of Technology: An Appraisal and some Implications
Modern growth theory acknowledges that a country's economic prosperity depends in large part on its capacity for technological innovation. Empirical evidence, however, supports the view that not all sectors are equally innovative. As a result, it seems desirable from a public policy perspective to identify and promote sectors displaying both a high innovation rate and, in an increasingly competitive international economy, a high degree of interna…
The Commonwealth as an Economic Network
Research on the economics and sociology of business networks also sheds light on the development of networks of countries. The British Commonwealth was an important global network, or group of networks, in the mid‐twentieth century. Commonwealth members, including Australia and New Zealand, cooperated in the management of the Sterling Area and the Commonwealth Preference Area. Yet Commonwealth members also had links to other networks and other so…
The future of management: Does business history have anything to tell us
Although many of the environmental factors described by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr are altering under the impact of technological change, this will not necessarily lead to wholesale changes in the roles played by managers. Many of the functions of managers will remain intact, even if new technologies alter how they are executed. Moreover, the managerial and organizational capabilities developed to control ‘Chandlerian’ firms are adaptable and will co…
Low‐tech’ Industries: Innovativeness and Development Perspectives—A Summary of a European Research Project
This paper introduces the findings of a European research project on the innovativeness of industrial ‘low‐tech’ sectors. This research was carried out in the context of the ongoing discussion about the emerging knowledge society. We argue that innovation depends not only on industries with frontline technological knowledge but also on low‐tech industries. Our starting point is an examination of widely held views on the strengths of high‐technolo…
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates – By Peter T. Leeson
In 1879, W. S. Gilbert wrote the libretto for an operetta in which a group of pirates,all orphaned noblemen, surrender their profession to marry Major-General Stanleys many beautiful daughters
Globalization in World History – By Peter N. Stearns
Economics (15 works) · Political science (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Industrial organization (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economy (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (5 works)