Business enterprise in modern Britain : from the eighteenth to the twentieth century

Author(s)

• Kirby, M. W.
• Rose, Mary B.

Bibliographic Information

Business enterprise in modern Britain : from the eighteenth to the twentieth century

edited by Maurice W. Kirby and Mary B. Rose

（Comparative and international business, . Modern histories）

Routledge, 1994

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These essays explore the development of British business since the Industrial Revolution. This long-term perspective facilitates an understanding of the development of skills, work practices, social structures and attitudes, all of which have bearing on 20th century business performance and organization. Although drawing upon existing literature, the essays do give some pointers for the future development of business history. Taken together, they highlight the shift away from a Chandlerian interpretation of business, with its emphasis on vertical integration, towards one which explains why, in Britain, alternatives to the firm have often been preferred to formal internalization. The text is divided into two broadly chronological sections which deal with British business both before and after 1900. The essays, by experts in their chosen fields, provide interpretive syntheses of the principal debates in British business history. Themes include family business, organizational change, the shaping of business strategy, human capital investment, and the competitive environment.

Table of Contents

• Part I: The origins of the factory system in Great Britain
• the family firm in British business in the 18th and 19th centuries
• financing firms, 1700-1850
• big business before 1900. Part II: The corporate economy in Britain
• British multinationals and British business since 1850
• the competitive environment of British business, 1850-1914
• concentration and competition in the retail sector c1800-1990
• the growth of the firm in the domestic banking sector
• the State and British business from 1945
• nationalization, privatization and regulation
• investment in human capital and British manufacturing industry to 1990.

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Details

• NCID: BA23856944
• ISBN:
  • 0415075742
  • 0415115590
• LCCN: 94004462
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 378 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF3504
  • DC20 : 338.7/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Business enterprises -- Great Britain -- History
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Commerce -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10889372