Abstract
Immediately after the Second World War much of the machinery manufactured in the UK was ‘traditional’, and the manufacturers had no strong commitment to technical development. A Board of Trade working party recorded in 1946:
… in the last ten years textile machinery makers in other countries … have been spending money on research and development on a scale immensely greater than anything attempted in this country. (Cotton Industry Working Party, 1946)
This chapter draws heavily on information collected in an earlier and longer study (Rothwell, 1976).
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Rothwell, R. (1980). Innovation in Textile Machinery. In: Pavitt, K. (eds) Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06381-9_7
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