business of time

Pierre-Yves Donzé is Professor of Business History at Osaka University

• Introduction1 The situation in the mid-nineteenth century2 Responding to the American challenge, 1870–903 A first phase of technological and industrial diffusion, 1890–19144 The transformation of the watch industry, 1914–455 A first wave of foreign direct investment, 1945–706 The impact of electronics, 1970–857 Reorganisation of global value chains since 19858 Epilogue: the world watch industry in 2017ConclusionIndex

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