AHC/WI: Bismark helped A-H empire become modernized/industrialized

AFAIK Bismark understood Austria-Hungary to be a strategically necessary ally. With hindsight on WWI and how that turned out for A-H, to what capacity can Bismark or the German Empire after him help reform and modernize Austria-Hungary? Bonus if this makes help form a strong Austro-Hungarian identity separate from nationalist sentiment.
 
Considering Austria-Hungary was one of the fastest growing economy in Europe post-1867, I really don't think they can. I mean, German firms greatly invested in A-H iOTL as well.

What A-H needed was more time and better leadership rather than even more foreign investment. By 1914, there were serious attempts at finding and implementing solutions to the Empire's problems, but conservativism and the war put a wrench in those attempts. Again, time was the problem.
 
Considering Austria-Hungary was one of the fastest growing economy in Europe post-1867, I really don't think they can. I mean, German firms greatly invested in A-H iOTL as well.
Oh really? if this from an online source that'd be great
What A-H needed was more time and better leadership rather than even more foreign investment. By 1914, there were serious attempts at finding and implementing solutions to the Empire's problems, but conservativism and the war put a wrench in those attempts. Again, time was the problem.
What would be the best "succession" of leaders for A-H from 1870 to 1910? (If some of OTL's ineffective leaders die off or etc in TTL, that is)
 
Oh really? if this from an online source that'd be great
What would be the best "succession" of leaders for A-H from 1870 to 1910? (If some of OTL's ineffective leaders die off or etc in TTL, that is)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Austria-Hungary While everyone and their mother knows about how reliable wiki is, this article is well-sourced and quite detailed.

As for leaders, well... I'm not sure. The basics are fairly obvious: keep Hötzendorf away from the Army and Franz Ferdinand from the throne.

Andrássy Gyula was a great diplomat and foreign minister, but the occupation of Bosnia proved very unpopular at home. It would be great for him to keep his post and continue keeping A-H away from international isolation, but making the occupation acceptable to Hungarians, keeping it from happening in the firdt place through making the Andrássy Note succeed requires significant butterflies.

Otherwise, maybe Count Hohenwart is successful in elevating Bohemia and federalising the Austrian part of the Monarchy. It's possible, but there is significant opposition. Either way, with more autonomy, it's possible that Bohemia is able to invest more into its own industry and prosper earlier.

Finally, there's the question of Galicia. I have no idea whom could have enforced this, but iOTL Vienna avoided investing too much into Galicia and it remained a relative backwater to the rest.
 

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Andrássy Gyula was a great diplomat and foreign minister, but the occupation of Bosnia proved very unpopular at home.

so what's the deal, Andrassy was torn between a desire to make a diplomatic-territial coup on hand and the reluctance of Hungary to add territory to the empire on the other?
 
so what's the deal, Andrassy was torn between a desire to make a diplomatic-territial coup on hand and the reluctance of Hungary to add territory to the empire on the other?
The Hungarians were never keen on territorial expansionism. They didn't want more land- let alone Slavic lands, as they believed it would reduce their influence in overall Imperial and Royal politics or destabilise the country by adding more Slavs that hated them.
 
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