Clayton, D.W. (2006) Labour-intensive industrialization in Hong Kong, 1950-70: a note on sources and methods. Asia-Pacific Business Review, 12 (3). pp. 375-388. ISSN 1360-2381
Abstract
This research note critiques published quantitative sources on employment in manufacturing enterprises during a crucial epoch of rapid industrialization, and uses newly discovered archival sources to investigate organizational dualism, the co-existence of labour and capital-intensive modes of production. New quantitative data demonstrates that a high proportion of the industrial workforce was employed in small enterprises, notably workshops using labour-intensive techniques. New surveys of two 'traditional' Hong Kong industries (rattan ware furniture and basket ware; and umbrella making) show that factory, workshop, and home-based production co-existed within the same sector across the whole period, 1950-70.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2009 16:41 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2010 14:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602380600601539 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13602380600601539 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:5677 |