Sustainable Industry in the Early American Republic

美国共和国早期的可持续工业

• 批准号: 9631262
• 负责人: Robert Gordon
• 金额: $ 1.91万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-15 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9631262&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustainable; Industry; Early; American; Republic

Natural resources are one factor of industrial production that, along with economic, geographic and cultural factors, will shape an enterprise and influence its chances of success. Entrepreneurs may devclop a sustainable enterprise based on renewable or abundant resourses, or they might follow a strategy that depletes a scarce local resource, or they might rely on materials and energy brought in from distant sources. Each of these choices has consequences for the local economy, environment, and society. In early years of the republic, entrepreneurs in the upper Housatonic River basin of Connecticut chose to rely on indigenous resources, while those in the lower reaches of the river basin followed a distinctly different path. Using documentary and material evidence, the project will assess the comparative advantages (of resources, demand for products, and connections with related industries) enjoyed by entrepreneurs in these two locations, explaining how geographic, physical and cultural factors influenced entrepreneurs' decisions.

自然资源是工业生产的一个因素，与经济、地理和文化因素一起，将塑造一个企业并影响其成功的机会。企业家可能会基于可再生或丰富的资源发展一个可持续的企业，或者他们可能会遵循耗尽当地稀缺资源的战略，或者他们可能会依赖从遥远的来源带来的材料和能源。这些选择中的每一个都会对当地的经济、环境和社会产生影响。在共和国成立初期，康涅狄格州Housatonic河上游流域的企业家选择依靠本土资源，而该流域下游的企业家走的是一条截然不同的道路。该项目将使用文献和实物证据，评估这两个地区的企业家享有的比较优势(资源、产品需求和与相关行业的联系)，解释地理、自然和文化因素如何影响企业家的决策。