Regional Business Networks and the Diffusion of American Management and Organisational Models to Norway, 1945–65
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rolv Petter Amdam (0000-0003-2200-7484, a Norwegian School of Management, corresponding author), Ove Bjarnar (b University of Reading and M⊘re Research Molde) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-90 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076799700000004 |
| OpenAlex | W2041813546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The effort to diffuse American principles of management, organisation and production after the Second World War was a strong movement involving most West European countries, including small countries dominated by small companies. This article focuses on the outcome of this process by taking a regional perspective in a recipient country. The study is based on an examination of business networks in one small Norwegian region, M⊘re and Romsdal, between 1945 and 1965. The dominant form of industrial organisation in the region was characterised by flexible specialisation. Since many researchers have claimed that the diffusion of the mass production model was the core of Americanisation, it might be assumed that differences in industrial organisation would have acted as a counterforce within this diffusion process. This article, however, shows that in the case of the M⊘re and Romsdal region, the Americans showed a remarkable skill in adjusting to local circumstances. Instead of counteracting the dominant local industrial organisation, the diffusion process strengthened local traditions in developing networks between independent small companies
Business · Business history · Core (optical fiber · Diffusion · Economic geography · Economics · Industrial organization · Management · Norwegian · Political science · Process (computing · Production (economics · World War II · Engineering · European history and politics · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2015 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |