Francois Caron & Paul Erker 
Innovations in the European Economy between the Wars [PDF ebook] 

Frontmatter – Contents – List of Contributors – List of Tables – List of Figures – Preface – Introduction – ?. The Extension of Technical Systems – Introduction – Innovation and Radio Industry in Europe during the Interwar Period – From Small Insulated Plants to Regional Networks: The Path of Growth of the Italian Electrical Industry from its Beginning to the 1930s – The German Long Distance Telephone Network as a Large Technical System, 1919–1939, and its Spin-offs for the Integration of Europe – II. The Transfer of Technology and its Diffusion – Introduction – Spin-off from British and German Aircraft Technology after the Great War – Technology and Chocolate: Research in the British Food Industry before 1940 – III. The Structure of Enterprise and Innovation – Introduction – Innovation and the Structure of the IG Farben – Strategies of Growth and Innovation in the Decentralized Du Pont Company, 1921–1950 – Strategy, Technological Capability, and Innovation: German Enterprises in Comparative Perspective – IV. The Formation and Development of Industrial Research and Technology – Introduction – The Choice between Competition and Cooperation: Research and Development in the Electrical Industry in Germany and the Netherlands, 1920–1936 – Science and Industry. Modernisation Strategies in Norway 1900–1940 – The Evolution of European Industrial Technology in the Interwar Period – Summary – Index