The all-steel body as a cornerstone to the foundations of the mass production car industry
This article provides a novel account of the development of the mass production car industry. The usual primacy given to Henry Ford, the moving assembly line and the organisation of labour is counter-balanced by a focus on production technology. Using historical sources, emphasis is placed on the all-steel body technology pioneered by Edward Budd, whose importance to modern mass car production has only become evident in the light of later, post-Ford developments in the automotive industry. The diffusion of this technology is shown to have transformed the economic structure of the US car industry, providing the structural template for contemporary car manufacturing around the world. Copyright 2007 , Oxford University Press.
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2007
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Authors: | Nieuwenhuis, Paul ; Wells, Peter |
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Industrial and Corporate Change. - Oxford University Press. - Vol. 16.2007, 2, p. 183-211
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Oxford University Press |
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