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[EN] After Cuba’s war for independence (1895-1898) its sugar industry, in addition to recovering from the war’s effects, continued adjusting to the strong technological-organizational change that it experienced during the late nineteenth century. The reason for this change was international competition, but the way in which it was implemented responded to specific factors: relative supply of inputs, the abolition of slavery, and the accelerating effect that the independence war and a trade agreement with the United States—which occupied the island between 1900-1902—had on said change. These factors explain why sugar mills equipped themselves with unusual capabilities as a means to support the growth in their supply, which was allowed by the United States markets, maximizing their efficiency. Because the sugar mill is a continuous process technology in which any modification entails organizational problems, such conditions gave an even greater importance to the adjustment, since making the innovations profitable depended on successful implementation of the incorporated technologies. The subject requires a detailed analysis, however, it has only been studied from its results due to a lack of sources. There is, however, a review edited between 1900-1902 which allows for investigation of the problem from the transformations, and, with further studies and data, determine their effect.
[ES] Tras la guerra de independencia de Cuba (1895-1898) la industria azucarera cubana, además de recuperarse de su efecto, prosiguió el ajuste del fuerte cambio tecnológico-organizativo que experimentó a finales del siglo XIX. La razón de éste fue la competencia, pero el modo en el que se hizo respondió a factores específicos: la dotación relativa de insumos, la abolición de la esclavitud, el efecto acelerante que tuvo en dicho cambio la guerra y un tratado comercial con Estados Unidos, que ocupaba entonces la isla. Estos factores explican que los ingenios se dotasen de capacidades insólitas en el mundo para afrontar el crecimiento de su oferta que permitía el mercado norteamericano, maximizando su eficiencia. Como el ingenio es una tecnología de proceso continuo en la que cualquier modificación acarrea problemas organizativos, tales condiciones otorgaron una importancia aún mayor al ajuste, pues rentabilizar las innovaciones dependió del acoplamiento de la tecnología incorporada. El tema requiere un análisis pormenorizado, no obstante, sólo se ha estudiado desde sus resultados debido a la falta de fuentes. Existe, sin embargo, una revista editada entre 1900-1902, que posibilita investigarlo desde las transformaciones y, con estudios y datos ulteriores, determinar su efecto.
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Comparative studies, cambio tecnológico, 1894-1913, Technological change, Progreso, Sugar agro-industry, Progress, progreso, Cuba, agro-industria azucarera, estudios comparados
Comparative studies, cambio tecnológico, 1894-1913, Technological change, Progreso, Sugar agro-industry, Progress, progreso, Cuba, agro-industria azucarera, estudios comparados
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