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

"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, the book confronts the traditional literature on conclusions...

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Other Authors:	Coopey, R. (Richard) (Editor), Lyth, Peter J. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century Great Britain > Economic policy > 20th century. Great Britain > Commerce > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: British Business in the Twentieth Century: What Sort of Decline, What Sort of 'Renaissance'? / Richard Coopey and Peter Lyth
1. Strategic Games, Scale, and Efficiency, or Chandler goes to Hollywood / Leslie Hannah
2. Industrial Policy in Twentieth Century Britain / Geoffrey Owen
3. Business in the Regions: From 'Old' Districts to 'New' Clusters? / Andy Popp and John Wilson
4. Elites, Entrepreneurs, and British Business in the Twentieth Century / Youssef Cassis
5. Invisible Entrepreneurs? Women and Business in Twentieth Century Britain / Katrina Honeyman
6. From a Solution to a Problem? Overseas Multinationals in Britain during Economic Decline and Renaissance / Peter Scott
7. British Management since 1945: 'Renaissance' and Inertia, Illusions and Realities / Nick Tiratsoo
8. Not 'Decline and Revival': An Alternative Narrative on British Post-War Productivity / Jim Tomlinson
9. Marketing Management in Britain: What Is the Evidence for 'Failure'? / Robert Fitzgerald
10. British Retail Banking in the Twentieth Century: Decline and Renaissance in Industrial Lending / Lucy Newton
11. The Decline and Renewal of British Multinational Banking / Geoffrey Jones and Lucy Newton
12. Back to the Future: The Aircraft and IT Industries in Britain since / Richard Coopey and Peter Lyth
13. Industrial Research and the Employment of Scientists in British Industry before the 1970s / Sally Horrocks
14. Increasing Value? Modern British Retailing in the Late Twentieth Century / Carlo Morelli
15. Predicting, Providing, Sustaining, Integrating? British Transport Policy since / Mike Anson and Gerald Crompton
16. The Film Industry in Twentieth Century Britain: Consumption Patterns, Government Regulation, and Firm Strategy / Peter Miskell
17. British Sport Transformed: Sport, Business, and the Media since / Dilwyn Porter
18. Ethics, Religion, and Business in Twentieth Century Britain / David J. Jeremy.

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

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