Subcontracting and vertical integration in the Spanish cotton industry

Rosés, Joan R.

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Subcontracting and vertical integration in the Spanish cotton industry

dc.affiliation.instituto	UC3M. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales	es
dc.contributor.author	Rosés, Joan R.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-11-09T12:25:00Z
dc.date.available	2006-11-09T12:25:00Z
dc.date.issued	2005-03
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines changes in the organization of the Spanish cotton industry from 1720 to 1860 in its core region of Catalonia. As the Spanish cotton industry adopted the most modern technology and experienced the transition to the factory system, cotton spinning and weaving mills became increasingly vertically integrated. Asset specificity more than other factors explained this tendency towards vertical integration. The probability for a firm of being vertically integrated was higher among firms located in districts with high concentration ratios and rose with size and the use of modern machinery. Simultaneously, subcontracting predominated in other phases of production and distribution where transaction costs appears to be less important
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dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/415
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.hasversion	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/11165
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UC3M Working Papers. Economic History and Institutions
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2005-02
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRights	open access
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.eciencia	Historia
dc.subject.eciencia	Economía
dc.title	Subcontracting and vertical integration in the Spanish cotton industry
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