No steel, no TV, and no burgers
How industrial action in a single company threatened to bring British economy to a standstill
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16478696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralf Banken (corresponding author), Ray Stokes (0000-0001-8611-0566) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-230 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-2800 • E-ISSN: 2196-6842 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1524/jbwg.2009.50.2.219 |
| OpenAlex | W4237392127 |
| Language | EN |
Because of its centrality to all other industries, combined with its high levels of capital-intensity in its production and distribution networks which hinder market entry for competitors, the industrial gases industry which produces gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and acetylene is of central importance to the industrial economy. The same characteristics make it simultaneously highly vulnerable to disruption. This article considers the causes, course, and consequences of industrial action at British Oxygen Company (BOC) in 1977, followed by threats of industrial action in the following two years. The company′s actions are considered in the context of the political and economic climate of the period
Action (physics · Business · Capital (architecture · Centrality · Competitor analysis · Context (archaeology · Economics · Economy · Industrial action · Market economy · Production (economics · Threatened species · History · Marketing · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |