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Title: | Innovation and Intellectual Property Management at the Australian Government Clothing Factory | Contributor(s): | van Mosseveld, Anneke (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20315 | Abstract: | In 1912, the relatively new Australian government established the Australian Government Clothing Factory in South Melbourne to produce uniforms for their fledgling Army. In collaboration with the Defence Department, the factory became the driving force behind innovations, design specifications, approvals, and design protection. In times of high demand, scores of private clothing firms were contracted to deliver the required quantities of military garments. They were subject to detailed specifications describing the methods of manufacture. Innovations introduced by the Clothing Factory had long lasting effects upon the Australian clothing sector and the development of some industries, in particular the cotton industry. The manner in which these processes were managed is the subject of this paper. For the first time, archival documents provide clear evidence of the impact of the Clothing Factory's innovations and its intellectual property management of Australian military uniforms. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | BHC-EBHA Meeting 2015: Joint meeting of the Business History Conference and the European Business History Association, Miami, United States of America, 24th - 27th June, 2015 | Source of Publication: | Business and Economic History On-Line, v.13 | Publisher: | Business History Conference | Place of Publication: | United States of America | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140203 Economic History 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) 140209 Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380103 Economic history 430302 Australian history 380109 Industry economics and industrial organisation |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 810102 Army 810106 Logistics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 140106 Land 140107 Logistics |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.thebhc.org/innovation-and-intellectual-property-management-australian-government-clothing-factory |
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