ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with an analysis of the suppliers of aid before approaching the more subtle problems of the use of such aid by management. In a paper read to the 1958 conference of the British Institute of Management, an authoritative review was given of the aid supplies situation as it then was. In some cases, international problems came first, as with the Manufacturing Confectioners’ Association, set up in 1901 to deal with problems of world sugar supplies. In Belgium, the associations cover only a small part of industry; very few associations possess their own laboratories but make use of facilities offered by universities and similar institutions. Some trade associations are concerned with research, and some with publicity and public relations. Most research associations operate independently but in some industries, such as wool textiles and furniture, they are inter-linked with a development council and a trade association.
