The Taiwan hat industry
Pre-war roots of the post-war miracle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8420633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelly B Olds (National Taiwan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1110-1129 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00076791.2011.590934 |
| OpenAlex | W1993480909 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Taiwan's pre-war hat industry was a precursor of the export-oriented living-room factory industries which played a leading role in Taiwan's post-1960 economic miracle. After World War I, success in the global hat trade required quick reaction to ever-changing fashion. Taiwan's hat industry was based on a flexible subcontracting system which could respond quickly to fashion change and ramp up production at short notice. Taiwan's early hat industry has been overshadowed by its larger agricultural exporting industries, but the hat industry itself was, by many standards, large and influential. Evidence suggests that Taiwan's early experience in the hat trade was a key factor behind Taiwan's later post-war success
Business · China · Economic history · Economic miracle · Economics · Economy · Factory (object-oriented programming · International trade · Interwar period · Japanese post-war economic miracle · Miracle · Notice · Political science · Production (economics · World War II · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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