Article ID: CBB143512963

Disentangling the effects of technological and organizational changes during the rise of the factory: the case of the Japanese weaving industry, 1905-14 (2021)

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This article contributes to the ‘factory debate’ by disentangling the effects of technological change and organizational change during the rise of the factory, using unique data from the weaving industry in early twentieth-century Japan. During this period, a variety of production organizations co-existed, as did a variety of technologies, which creates an excellent opportunity to evaluate the implications of the factory system. Using regression analyses and observation of descriptive data, this study finds that production value per worker was around two times larger in factories compared with weavers and outworkers under the putting-out system, after controlling for the technological difference. This difference is supposed to reflect the difference in the mode of work—that is, working hours and work intensity—between factories and weavers and outworkers. Meanwhile, production per worker was two to three times larger for powered factories than non-powered factories, other things being equal. Thus, the magnitude of the impact of organizational difference was almost comparable to that of technological difference.

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Authors & Contributors
Mamidipudi, Annapurna
Neto, Marta Martins
Toma Kawanishi
Zhang, Baichun
Marques da Cruz, Sara
Benjamin Uchiyama
Concepts
Industry
Factories
Technological innovation
Weaving
Technology
Handlooms
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
Places
Japan
United States
India
Great Britain
New Haven, Conn.
Portugal
Institutions
Vichy Regime
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