IBM / British Aircraft Corporation / Douglas / Industrial Reorganisation Corporation / British Steel Corporation / General Motors / Airbus / Hawker Siddeley / Ferranti / National Research Development Corporation / the Boeing / Chrysler / British Overseas Airways Corporation / British Leyland Motor Corporation / International Computers Limited / Pratt & Whitney / Ford / General Electric Company / ICT / Rolls-Royce / British European Airways / Siemens / /
Continent
EUROPE / /
Country
Germany / West Germany / France / United States / United Kingdom / China / /
Currency
GBP / / /
Event
M&A / Voting Result / Reorganization / Bankruptcy / /
Facility
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor / Its Calder Hall reactor / /
IndustryTerm
truck manufacturers / technology policy / biotechnology / aero-engine manufacturer / computers / telecommunications equipment / sheet steel / entrepreneurial high-technology firms / venture capital industry / textiles / oil / car manufacturers / large airframe groups / steel industry / electricity / machine tool maker / Government-funded technology / electricity industry / airline / manufacturing sector / aerospace industry / chemical industry / telecommunications / government finance / gas-graphite technology / information technology / electronics / manufacturing / oil prices / car sales / aerospace / technology gap / shipbuilding / steel / /
Organization
National Economic Development Office / Social Democratic party / Department of Economic Affairs / European Economic Community / Atomic Energy Authority / European Commission / Department of Trade and Industry / London School of Economics / European Union / Post Office / Department of Defense / Department of Management / Conservative government / Ministry of Technology / first Labour government / Christian Democrat party / /
Person
Charles de Gaulle / Edward Heath / Harold Macmillan / Jean-Baptiste Colbert / Ryder / Geoffrey Owen / / /
PoliticalEvent
federal elections / /
Position
early leader / defence contractor / General / player / market leader / businessmen / EXECUTIVE / head of the NEB / dominant player / Marshall / /
Product
De Havilland Comet / A300 / Concorde / /
ProvinceOrState
Nebraska / /
PublishedMedium
the Christian Democrat / /
Region
Western Europe / /
Technology
gas-graphite technology / information technology / biotechnology / Using technology / Government-funded technology / aero / /
ECIPE OCCASIONAL PAPER • No[removed]INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN EUROPE SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR: What Has Been Learnt? By Geoffrey Owen Department of Management, London School of Economics