MacKenzie, N. G. (2018) Creating market failure: business-government relations in the British paper-pulp industry, 1950–1980. Business History Review, 92(4), pp. 719-741. (doi: 10.1017/S0007680518001046)
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Abstract
This article examines the nuances and complexities of business-government relations in the British paper-pulp industry between 1950 and 1980 through the prism of interactions between Wiggins, Teape & Co., a paper company, and various U.K. government departments in the postwar period. It highlights the complexity of business-government and interdepartmental relations and tensions, set against the global and domestic paper industry competition and the United Kingdom’s international economic position. Longstanding industry underinvestment and interdepartmental tensions in government are identified as principal contributors to the failing competitiveness of the industry and of British businesses more generally in the twentieth century.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mackenzie, Professor Niall |
Authors: | MacKenzie, N. G. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management |
Journal Name: | Business History Review |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN: | 0007-6805 |
ISSN (Online): | 2044-768X |
Published Online: | 07 February 2019 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 The President and Fellows of Harvard College |
First Published: | First published in Business History Review 92(4):719-741 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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