Die Bestimmungsfaktoren fur das Wachstum der deutschen Elektroindustrie nach dem Kriege. (German text);.

摘要

The study reviews methods of measuring industrial growth, focusing on an analysis of the reasons for the expansion of the electrical (and then electronic) engineering industry in the Federal Republic of Germany and in Berlin (West) during the period from 1950 to 1960. The development of demand for industrial goods and for consumer goods as well as foreign demand is discussed in the three main parts of the study.;Electric consumer goods were marketed more widely as real income rose quickly, working hours became shorter and consumer behaviour and needs changed.;The foreign demand grew for similar reasons at even higher rates but was also promoted by the liberalization of trade.;Following the construction of the first electrical engineering factory by Siemens und Halske in Berlin in 1847, Germany was the world's leading manufacturer of electrical goods in 1913. Output nearly tripled until 1929. After the great depression, production only returned to this level in 1938 and after the Second World War in 1950. The period until 1960 saw more than a fourfold increase in output to 39.5 billion Deutschmarks.;Producer goods output was mainly stimulated by replacement, expansion, rationalization and modernization projects. Electrical production goods were the assets that were needed to improve the productivity of limited manpower resources with a view to a rapid increase in output in a phase of fast technological change, to develop flexible methods of production lowering cost and to satisfy the demand for novel products.;The study includes a wealth of statistical data, 45 tables, 7 graphs and 30 pages of references.