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Barratt, Thomas F.

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“…During the first decades of the 20 th century, industrial education addressed two basic issues: (1) the degree to which the technical training of the time was capable of contributing to the development of the metallurgical industry, and (2) the scope for improving the skills of workers and apprentices at their workplaces. Below, we will look at some of the observations which were made at the First National Congress of Metalworking Industries, held in 1913 19 . First we will examine the situation regarding the acquisition of industrial skills in Spain.…”

Section: Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Training of this latter group therefore incorporated engineering knowledge of a more practical nature. 20 In order to modernise industry, it was necessary to correct the educational system's excessive emphasis on theoretical science at the expense of applied science by setting up a system of higher technical colleges similar to those which had long operated in industrialised countries. The second defect of higher education was its attempt to provide a broad-based education at the expense of specialisation.…”

Section: Education and Trainingmentioning

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“…In a nutshell, a rigorous system of control and inspection was applied at every level of the company and affected all its activities. 25 Proper work organisation and use of modern machinery meant knowing each and every stage of the production process inside out, the number of repeated operations involved, and the time taken and the components required to meet production targets. This scientific organisation of production processes was only possible where rigorous work specialisation was adopted.…”

Section: Work Organisation and Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even where modern factories were provided, Spanish output and performance was poor. 26 Management innovation elsewhere was the result of organisational requirements stemming from standardisation, rationalisation, and measurement which were developed in and adopted by companies of all sizes.…”

Section: Work Organisation and Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Not surprisingly, Spanish companies found it very difficult to compete on equal terms with foreign companies whose raw materials were not subject to such heavy duties and costs. 31 As if this were not enough, the Government also put punitive taxes on petrol. 32 While machine building reached a considerable scale in Barcelona, manufacturers were rarely able to specialise in particular areas simply because the market was such a thin one and there were few opportunities for competing abroad.…”

Section: Organising Productionmentioning

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The Spanish Motor Industry in the First Third of the 20th Century: A Lost Opportunity

Triay

2000

SSRN Journal

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The Spanish automobile industry had a late start. Although the country proved capable of short production runs of high-quality vehicles during the first third of the century it never managed to build up its own industry, unlike Great Britain, France, or Italy. What then, were the critical shortcomings that prevented the establishment of large Spanish motor manufacturers? Put another way, why did all of the companies set up during the first half-century fail to survive? This paper attempts to shed some light on these questions, employing a wide-ranging analysis of both internal and external factors affecting the industry. A feeble internal market, lack of resources and production factors are usually adduced as reasons, as are Spain's general economic backwardness and the role played by the public authorities. However, this paper mainly focuses on the internal factors concerning company strategy and organisation. A comparison with the Italian case helps put the traditional arguments in proper perspective and highlights those covering business strategies. Finally, we argue that a broad range of factors needs to be analysed to fully understand why Spain failed to establish a motor industry. * This paper has been prepared with the support of the Spanish DIGES grant PB96-0301 1 There has been little research on the history of the Spanish motor industry in the first third of the twentieth-century. This is not altogether surprising since the industry had relatively little impact on the national economy during that period. In fact, the industry did not really take off until the last quarter of the 20th century.

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