The Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom

This 1960 volume offers a description, in non-technical language, of the state of the British shipbuilding industry.

J. R. Parkinson (Author)

9781107601420, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2011

244 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg

This volume, first published in 1960, offers a description, in non-technical language, of the state of the British shipbuilding industry, its prospects, and how it stood in relation to its competitors by the middle of the twentieth century. The topics Mr Parkinson discusses are the growth of the industry, its organisation, the demand for ships, and the supply. The last subject touches on such questions as technical change, industrial organisation, labour and competition.

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. The growth of the industry
Part II. The Organisation of the Industry: 2. The firms in the industry
3. Industrial affiliations
4. Marine engineering
Part III. The Demand for Ships: 5. The future course of demand
6. Fluctuations in demand and their consequences
7. Home and export markets and competition for orders
Part IV. The Supply of Ships: 8. The course of the United Kingdom output
9. Technical change in ships
10. Shipyard organisation and technical change
11. Industrial organisation
12. Labour
13. The industry abroad
14. The competitive position
15. Efficiency and prospects
Index.

Subject Areas: Economics of industrial organisation [KCD]