Betriebsinterne Unterverträge in der Schiffbauindustrie Ostasiens.

The article examines the use of subcontracting work within companies in the shipbuilding industry in East Asia since the second half of the 20th century. The author situates this phenomenon within a broader history of subcontracting and industrial relations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Two business enterprises in particular are studied as examples: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) of Japan and Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. (HHI) of Korea and their respective shipyards in Nagasaki, Japan, and Ulsan, South Korea.