Fast breeder reactor technology and the entrepreneurial state in the UK
MacKenzie, Niall and Knox, Stephen and Hannon, Matthew (2022) Fast breeder reactor technology and the entrepreneurial state in the UK. Business History, 64 (8). pp. 1494-1509. ISSN 0007-6791 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1809653)
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Abstract
This article explores the creation, operation and failure of the UK’s fast breeder reactor programme at Dounreay within the context of the development of the nuclear power industry in the UK, and the administration of national and regional economic policy. The UK government maintained total control of the development of the technology including its creation, operation, and attempts at exploitation, corresponding closely to existing definitions of entrepreneurship. We thus argue that the case of fast breeder reactor technology in the UK should be considered as both an example of Mazzucato’s characterisation of the state as an entrepreneur and an explanation why it has 'forgotten' how to be entrepreneurial.
ORCID iDs
MacKenzie, Niall ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-7086, Knox, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-0189 and Hannon, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-3991;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 73750 Dates: DateEvent17 November 2022Published3 September 2020Published Online3 August 2020AcceptedNotes: Special Issue Paper in the Atomic Business: Structures and Strategies Subjects: Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management Department: Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
Strategic Research Themes > Innovation EntrepreneurshipDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 04 Sep 2020 11:06 Last modified: 02 Oct 2024 01:29 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73750