Paper #315

Title:

Entrepreneurship, organization and economic performance among Spanish firms, 1930-1975. The case of the motor industry

Authors:

Albert Carreras and Salvador Estapé Triay

Date:

September 1998

Abstract:

Before the Civil War (1936-1939), Spain had seen the emergence of firms of complex organizational forms. However, the conflict and the postwar years changed this pattern. The argument put forward in this paper is based on historical experience, the efforts will be addressed to explain the development of Spanish entrepreneurship during the second half of the twentieth century. To illustrate the change in entrepreneurship and organizational patterns among the Spanish firms during the Francoist regime we will turn to the case of the motor vehicle industry.

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship, motor industry, multinational entreprises, organizational capabilities, state intervention

JEL codes:

L62, M13, N64

Area of Research:

Economic and Business History

Published in:

M. J. Lynskey & S. Yonekura, eds., Entrepreneurship and Organization. The Role of the Entrepreneur in Organizational Innovation, Oxford, Oxford U. P., 2002, pp. 123-151
With the title:
The Spanish Motor Industry, 1930-1975

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