Title Business in Britain in the twentieth century / edited by Richard Coopey, Peter Lyth

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 405 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Contents Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Terry Gourvish: An Appreciation -- Introduction. British Business in the Twentieth Century: Decline and Renaissance? -- 1. Strategic Games, Scale, and Efficiency, or Chandler goes to Hollywood -- 2. Industrial Policy in Twentieth Century Britain -- 3. Business in the Regions: From â€?Oldâ€? Districts to â€?Newâ€? Clusters? -- 4. Elites, Entrepreneurs, and British Business in the Twentieth Century -- 5. Invisible Entrepreneurs? Women and Business in Twentieth Century Britain 6. From a Solution to a Problem? Overseas Multinationals in Britain during Economic Decline and Renaissance7. British Management since 1945: â€?Renaissanceâ€? and Inertia, Illusions and Realities -- 8. Not â€?Decline and Revivalâ€?: An Alternative Narrative on British Post-War Productivity -- 9. Marketing Management in Britain: What is the Evidence for â€?Failureâ€?? -- 10. British Retail Banking in the Twentieth Century: Decline and Renaissance in Industrial Lending -- 11. The Decline and Renewal of British Multinational Banking 12. Back to the Future: The Aircraft and IT Industries in Britain since 194513. Industrial Research and the Employment of Scientists in British Industry before the 1970s -- 14. Increasing Value? Modern British Retailing in the Late Twentieth Century -- 15. Predicting, Providing, Sustaining, Integrating? British Transport Policy since 1945 -- 16. The Film Industry in Twentieth Century Britain: Consumption Patterns, Government Regulation, and Firm Strategy -- 17. British Sport Transformed: Sport, Business, and the Media since 1960 18. Ethics, Religion, and Business in Twentieth Century BritainIndex -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary This collection of fresh, incisive scholarship, by some of the leading business historians, critically examines the nature of economic recovery in Britain in recent years. Covering the key issues for business history in this period, this overview confronts the traditional literature's conclusions and simplistic explanations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. Commerce Economic history Economic policy Wirtschaftsentwicklung Industrieökonomie Unternehmen Wirtschaft Wirtschaftspolitik SUBJECT Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056676 Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 20th century Great Britain -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century Subject Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Coopey, R. (Richard) Lyth, Peter J. ISBN 9780191551505 0191551503 9780191710315 0191710318 1282349287 9781282349285 9786612349287 661234928X

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