Industrial Organisation and Changing Technology in UK Shipbuilding: Historical Development and Future Implications |
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List of figures | 3 |
The Development of the Shipbuilding Industry | 27 |
List of tables | 30 |
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accounted average Belfast Britain British industry British shipbuilding industry building bulk carrier Cammell Laird capital cent chapter company's comparative advantage compared competition contact intensity context contracts costs deadweight tonnage decline demand discussion distributive trades early economic environment expenditure factors Figure firms Harland and Wolff impact important increase industrial geography industry in Northern innovation inputs investment labour market linkage losses major marine engineering merchant shipbuilding metal manufacture Northern Ireland number of orders occupational structure orders per supplier organisation theory outfitting trades output overall particular pattern period production cycle programme purchases reflected relationship relative Scotland sector shipbuilding and marine shipbuilding employment shipbuilding redundancies shipyard significant skilled Source spatial specialisation specific steel supplier network Swan Hunter Sweden Table tanker technological change turnover United Kingdom value class value network value of orders vessels VLCC Wearside welding Wolff Annual Report workforce world shipbuilding