The Trees of the Forest: Uncovering Small-Scale Producers in an Industrial District, 1781–1851

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 Q4 BUSINESS
J. Lane
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This article uses trade directories and notifications in the London Gazette to reconstruct the Potteries industrial district at the firm level for 1781 to 1851, a dynamic period of growth for a knowledge-intensive industry. It cuts across the organizational spectrum of the district in terms of the scale and scope of firms traditionally examined by including both the larger lead-firms and the smaller firms for which limited or no business records survive. It addresses difficulties associated with analysis of early clusters before the late nineteenth century. Directories offer a consistent series of records that, when cross-referenced with the Gazette and local newspapers, allow for detailed examination of firm behavior and the structure of the district during a formative growth period. Analysis highlights patterns of cooperative competition in an industry in which tacit knowledge played a crucial role as a source of competitive advantage, raises questions for future research, and provides an empirical base on which to consider further investigation of the trees that made up the forest.
森林之树:揭露工业区的小规模生产者,1781-1851
本文使用《伦敦公报》上的贸易目录和公告,在1781年至1851年期间,在知识密集型行业的动态增长期,从企业层面重建了陶器工业区。就传统上审查的公司的规模和范围而言,它跨越了该地区的组织范围,包括大型牵头公司和商业记录有限或没有商业记录的小型公司。它解决了与分析十九世纪末之前的早期集群相关的困难。董事会提供了一系列一致的记录,当与《公报》和当地报纸交叉引用时,可以详细检查公司在成长期的行为和地区结构。分析强调了一个行业的合作竞争模式,在这个行业中,隐性知识作为竞争优势的来源发挥着至关重要的作用,为未来的研究提出了问题,并为考虑进一步调查构成森林的树木提供了经验基础。
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CiteScore
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37
期刊介绍: Enterprise & Society offers a forum for research on the historical relations between businesses and their larger political, cultural, institutional, social, and economic contexts. The journal aims to be truly international in scope. Studies focused on individual firms and industries and grounded in a broad historical framework are welcome, as are innovative applications of economic or management theories to business and its context.
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