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Viennese Chairs: A Case Study for Modern Industrialization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Ekaterini Kyriazidou  and
Martin Pesendorfer
Ekaterini Kyriazidou
Affiliation:
Ekaterini Kyriazidou is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.
Martin Pesendorfer
Affiliation:
Martin Pesendorfer is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.
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Abstract

We examine the Austro-Hungarian bentwood furniture industry as a case study for modem industrialization during the second half of the nineteenth centuly. We establish that, through the implementation of innovative production methods and aggressive and insightful marketing strategies, this industry constitutes an important example of the modem industrial enterprise. Furthermore, we find evidence of cooperative behavior in the industry, making it an interesting case study in the history of industrial organization.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 143 - 166
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1999

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