Purpose This paper aims to trace and/or historicise modernisation as a conceptual
framework from the antecedents to present times. It also highlights the recent and past …

This paper aims to assist in a better understanding of the real role of patents by examining
how Crossley Brothers–the world's main producer of gas engines before the First World War …

We provide an empirical analysis of patent litigation in the German Empire by using a new
data set that includes detailed information on patent proceedings. Our data combine micro …

Este artículo analiza la estrategia de la United Shoe Machinery Company, empresa que
dominó el mercado mundial de maquinaria para calzado en la primera mitad del siglo XX …

In the 20th century, a wide array of manufacturing activities related to fashion featured a long-
lasting phase of continuous innovations both in production methods and ornamental …

The sewing machine is a ubiquitous technology. Yet despite its contribution to the
mechanisation of innumerable trades associated with the needle, its role as a domestic …

Traditional theories of industrial restructuring assign the most explanatory weight of the
structural change phenomenon to increasing pressures via globalization and falling trade …

The history of shoemaking and the footwear industry is a well-established topic in Czech
economic and social, as well as regional and urban historiography. A broad range of topics …

Between 1929 and 1935, the Bata Shoe Company planned the construction of a series of
modern industrial satellite towns in Europe, Asia, and America. By 1935, however, their …

L'histoire de la United Shoe Machinery Company (USMC) montre que la réalité ne s' adapte
pas toujours aux simplifications de la théorie. Comme le signale l'économie de la …