This article examines the nuances and complexities of business-government relations in the British paper-pulp industry between 1950 and 1980 through the prism of interactions between Wiggins, Teape & Co., a paper company, and various U.K. government departments in the postwar period. It highlights the complexity of business-government and interdepartmental relations and tensions, set against the global and domestic paper industry competition and the United Kingdom’s international economic position. Longstanding industry underinvestment and interdepartmental tensions in government are identified as principal contributors to the failing competitiveness of the industry and of British businesses more generally in the twentieth century.

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造成市场失灵：英国纸浆行业的企业-政府关系，1950-1980

本文通过威金斯、Teape & Co.、一家造纸公司和战后各个英国政府部门之间互动的棱镜，研究了 1950 年至 1980 年间英国纸浆行业企业与政府关系的细微差别和复杂性。它突出了企业与政府和部门间关系的复杂性和紧张局势，与全球和国内造纸业的竞争以及英国的国际经济地位相对。长期的行业投资不足和政府部门间的紧张关系被认为是 20 世纪行业和英国企业竞争力下降的主要原因。