Americanization of the European economy a compact survey of American economic influence in Europe since the 1880s /

One of the main features of the world economy since the late nineteenth century has been the growing dominance of the American economy in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Aspects of this development - e.g. rationalization or the world-wide diffusion of Coca-Cola - have been researched, but l...

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Main Author: Schröter, Harm G., 1948-
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; Norwell, MA : Springer, ©2005.
Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; Norwell, MA : [2005]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Americanization as a comprehensive concept of economic development during the 20th century
  • The first wave of Americanization, 1870-1945
  • Fordism and Taylorism come to Europe
  • The second wave of americanization: the great post-war boom, 1945-1975
  • Mass production, mass distribution, and new technology
  • Managing firms and their consumers
  • Americanization's third wave from the 1980s
  • Economic slowdown and the American model
  • Companies and consumers
  • Industrial relations as a barrier to americanization.