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Supplier networks in the German aircraft industry during World War II and their long-term effects on West Germany's automobile industry during the 'Wirtschaftswunder'

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  • Jonas Scherner
  • Jochen Streb
  • Stephanie Tilly

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Reconstructing the complex supplier network of the famous JU 88 air armament programme, this article shows that outsourcing activities increased considerably in wartime Germany. The resulting inter-firm division of labour did not lead only to a quite effective protection of the German aircraft production against Allied air raids but also contributed to enormous labour productivity growth in most stages of the production process. Even though aircraft production was prohibited in post-war Germany, this supplier network survived and became the backbone of the most spectacular symbol of West Germany's economic rebirth: the automobile industry.

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  • Jonas Scherner & Jochen Streb & Stephanie Tilly, 2014. "Supplier networks in the German aircraft industry during World War II and their long-term effects on West Germany's automobile industry during the 'Wirtschaftswunder'," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(6), pages 996-1020, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:56:y:2014:i:6:p:996-1020
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2013.850671
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    1. Tetsuji Okazaki, 2022. "Controlling Funds Allocation for the War: The Experience of Japan in the Late 1930s," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1191, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    2. Kanger, Laur & Sillak, Silver, 2020. "Emergence, consolidation and dominance of meta-regimes: Exploring the historical evolution of mass production (1765–1972) from the Deep Transitions perspective," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    3. Tetsuji OKAZAKI, 2022. "Controlling Funds Allocation for the War: The Experience of Japan in the Late 1930s," CIGS Working Paper Series 22-005E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.

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