Article ID: CBB255930628

Creating Market Failure: Business-Government Relations in the British Paper-Pulp Industry, 1950–1980 (Winter 2018)

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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. Long-standing 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.

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Authors & Contributors
Shanahan, Martin
Marie Huber
Kudaisya, Medha M.
Christian Henrich-Franke
Samuel (Samuel Evan) Milner
Christian Ebhardt
Concepts
Business history
Business and commerce
Markets
Competition, Business
Cartels
Regulation
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
17th century
Places
United States
Germany
India
Great Britain
West Germany
Switzerland
Institutions
Enron
Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association
Thyssen-Bornemisza-Gruppe
Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España
Siemag Feinmechanische Werke
East India Company (English)
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