Factory size, economies of scale, and the great merger wave of 1898–1902

Analysis of census data reveals that the size of the average factory in the United States grew more rapidly during the 1870s and 1880s than during any subsequent decade through the 1920s. While the average factory doubled in size between 1869 and 1889, it increased by only about a quarter between 18...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of economic history 1988-09, Vol.48 (3), p.639-649
1. Verfasser:	O'Brien, Anthony Patrick
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Economies of scale Employment Factories Furniture industry Industrial chemistry Industrial concentration Industrial machinery Industrial plants Manufacturing industries Wage earners
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