Germany
Competition abroad – cooperation at home, 1870–1990
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23167643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrich Wengenroth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Pages | 139-175 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Big Business and the Wealth of Nations (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511665349.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2991552678 |
| ISBN | 9780511665349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
“Competition abroad - cooperation at home” was the leitmotif of German manufacturing business through most of the past century. In the years before World War I, German industry developed along liberal capitalistic principles with the important qualification of a powerful protectionism resting on the two pillars of tariffs and cartels, both of which were manifestations of a deliberate government policy to curtail competition and to engineer a socially peaceful and stable transition to an industrial society dominated by the old elites. Given the extraordinary success of industrial growth and performance in Imperial Germany, this model won wide support among German industrialists as much as among the public at large. It was a point of reference through the years of upheaval to come and only gradually gave way to the acceptance of the more free-trade, neocorporatist model of today.
Biology · Business · Competition (biology) · Economic geography · Economics · International trade · European Political History Analysis · Historical Influence and Diplomacy
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |