Global Diffusion of Industrial Technologies via Dominating Innovations
The global spread of technologies pioneered during the Industrial Revolution to countries like France, Germany, China, and India is explained by subsequent technological progress. This progress led to the creation of 'dominating' technologies, which are defined as being superior because they require smaller quantities of all inputs to produce the same amount of a good. Such universally more efficient technologies become the cost-effective choice for adoption across various countries, regardless of their differing local input prices.
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Which of the following factors contributed to Britain's early innovation during the Industrial Revolution?
Why was the high cost of labour in Britain a significant factor in driving innovation during the Industrial Revolution?
How did the availability of cheap energy sources like coal influence innovation in Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
Which of the following best explains how the timing and location of Britain contributed to its innovation during the Industrial Revolution?
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Figure 2.13: Wages Relative to the Cost of Capital Goods in England and France (Late 16th to Early 19th Century)
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Video: Bob Allen Explains the Timing and Location of the Industrial Revolution
Persistence of Obsolete Technologies in Low-Wage Economies
Analyzing the Drivers of British Industrialization
Before its own industrialization, Britain was a major importer of affordable, high-quality textiles from India that were popular among all social classes. What was the most significant economic consequence of this high demand for foreign textiles within Britain?
Evaluating the Foundations of Britain's Industrial Dominance
Technological Contributions of Continental Immigrants to the British Industrial Revolution
Ready Availability of Coal in Britain
Britain's Geopolitical Dominance in Securing Industrial Inputs and Markets
British Agricultural Revolution
If 18th-century France had possessed abundant, cheap coal reserves similar to Britain's, it would have inevitably undergone an industrial revolution at the same time.
Consider a hypothetical 18th-century nation with vast colonial territories that provide both cheap raw materials and large markets for its goods. However, unlike Britain during the same period, this nation has a very large population, resulting in extremely low labor costs, while its energy sources are scarce and expensive. Based on the economic conditions that spurred early industrialization, what would be the most likely outcome for this nation's manufacturing sector?
Match each economic condition present in 18th-century Britain to its most direct consequence in fostering the Industrial Revolution.
Wages Relative to the Price of Energy in Six Cities (Early 1700s)
Global Diffusion of Industrial Technologies via Dominating Innovations
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Dominating Technology
Diagram of a Technological Improvement: Technologies A, B, and A-prime
Initially, two main methods exist for producing a specific good. Method A, used where labor is expensive and fuel is cheap, requires 2 workers and 8 tons of fuel. Method B, used where labor is cheap and fuel is expensive, requires 10 workers and 3 tons of fuel. Later, a new technology, Method C, is invented. Method C requires only 2 workers and 2 tons of fuel to produce the same good. Based on this information, what is the most likely outcome of Method C's invention?
Evaluating a Technological Adoption Strategy
Explaining Patterns of Technological Diffusion
A new, highly efficient manufacturing technology is developed. If this technology is adopted in a country with high labor costs and low energy costs, it is unlikely to also be adopted in a country with low labor costs and high energy costs because the economic incentives for innovation are fundamentally different.
Technology Adoption and Input Costs
Imagine three distinct technologies are available over time to produce 100 meters of cloth. Match each economic scenario with the technology that a firm would most likely adopt to maximize profit.
Arrange the following statements in the correct logical sequence to describe the process by which an industrial technology, originally suited to one country's specific economy, becomes adopted globally.
The Global Spread of Weaving Technology
In the 19th century, a textile factory in a country with high labor costs and low energy costs (Country H) used a machine that required 2 workers and 10 units of fuel to produce a standard batch of cloth. A factory in a country with low labor costs and high energy costs (Country L) used a different process requiring 8 workers and 3 units of fuel for the same output. Decades later, a new machine was invented that required only 1 worker and 2 units of fuel. Why would the factory in Country L, despite its access to cheap labor, likely adopt this new, highly labor-saving machine?
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Mechanism of Universal Adoption for a Dominating Technology