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Wrong. Czechia had very little population, and very little capital city. Budapest: 1,3 M people in 1910, Prague had only 300.000 population. Czechs were unable to build up high tech industry, like machine manufacturing and electronics. The only machine manufacturer in Bohemia was Skoda, which lived from State orders (80% of its revenues came from state orders)
Can you tell me, why were the branches of second isnustrial revolution unsuccessfull in the Bohemian Czech parts of Austria-Hungary? For example: internal combustion engines automotive industry, machine manufacturinging, Precision mechanics, electronics and electrotechnology?
There was only one large scale factory, the Skoda works, what was only an ordnance manufacturer, which operated from state supports and state orders instead of living on the market economy.
When we speak about Austro-Hungarian machine industry, we speak about the 4th largest industry in pre ww1 Europe. (Only USA Germany and UK had bigger)
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