"Japó." . . "Plan Marshall" . . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the second world war : proceedings of the Caen Preconference, 18-18 [sic]-20 September 1997, Workshop C 45 of Twelth International Economic Hustory [sic] Congress of Madrid" . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the second World War" . . . . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the second world war : proceedings of the Caen preconference 18-20 September 1997, workshop C 45 of twelth International Economic History Congress of Madrid" . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the second world war : proceedings of the Caen preconference 18-18-20 September 1997, workshop C 45 of twelth International Economic History Congress of Madrid" . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . "\"This book is the outcome of the conference held in Caen (France) in September 1997, in preparation for the International Economic History Congress in Madrid (August 1998). This collection of essays provides, for the first time, a systematic overview of the productivity missions organised in the years following the Second World War, to investigate in situ the production and management techniques adduced to account for the American lead. Bringing together research workers from many countries (Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States), the volume addresses four successive themes. The first one concerns the part played by the United States and that country's action on the international scene. This, in turn, leads to the subsequent query: Did the productivity missions constitute tools for modernisation, or were they devices of domination? The second part considers three national experiences: the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. The third part examines a number of branches: iron and steel, electrical engineering, petrochemicals, and the tyre industry. The final part seeks to assess the impact of the missions. Ultimately, one needs must make a distinction between the rhetoric of productivity, on the one hand, and actual achievements, on the other; the missions were part of a wider process of Americanisation, wherein lies one of the keys to the economic miracles of the post-war era.\"--Page [4] of cover."@en . . "Caen <1997>" . . 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"Catching up with america : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the Second World War : proceedings of the Caen Preconference, 18-20 september 1997, Workshop C 45 of 12th International Economic History Congress of Madrid ... ; edited by Dominique Barjot" . . . . . . . . "Kongress"@en . . . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the Second world war : proceedings of the Caen preconference 18-18 [i.e. 19]-20 september 1997, Workshop C45 of twelth [i.e. twelfth] International economic hustory [i.e. history] Congress of Madrid" . . . . . . . . . . . "Conference papers and proceedings"@en . . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the second world war : proceedings of the Caen preconference 18-18-20 September 1997, workshop C 45 of twelfth International Economic History Congress of Madrid"@en . . . . . "Congressos" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Catching up with America" . . . . . . . . . "Catching up with America : productivity missions and the diffusion of American economic and technological influence after the Second World War : proceedings of the Caen preconference, 18-18-20 [!] September 1997, workshop C 45 of the Twelth [i.e. Twelfth] International Economic Hustory [i.e. History] Congress of Madrid[, 24-28 August 1998]" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Geschichte 1940-1960" . . "Geschichte 1940-1960." . "Productivitat." . . "États-Unis" . . "Stati Uniti" . . "Produktivität." . . "Transfert de technologie États-Unis 1945-1970 Congrès." . . 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