Business in Britain in the Twentieth Century

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.

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Richard Coopey teaches history across a range of economic, social, technological and political areas. His current research interests include the history of the popular music industry, and the economic history of water resources.


Peter Lyth has taught economic and transport history in Britain, Israel and the United States. His research interests are chiefly in transport and airline history, as well as aircraft and aero engine manufacturing.



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Introduction: British Business in the Twentieth Century: What Sort of Decline, What Sort of 'Renaissance'?
1: Leslie Hannah: Strategic Games, Scale, and Efficiency, or Chandler goes to Hollywood
2: Geoffrey Owen: Industrial Policy in Twentieth Century Britain
3: Andy Popp and John Wilson: Business in the Regions: From 'Old' Districts to 'New' Clusters?
4: Youssef Cassis: Elites, Entrepreneurs, and British Business in the Twentieth Century
5: Katrina Honeyman: Invisible Entrepreneurs? Women and Business in Twentieth Century Britain
6: Peter Scott: From a Solution to a Problem? Overseas Multinationals in Britain during Economic Decline and Renaissance
7: Nick Tiratsoo: British Management since 1945: 'Renaissance' and Inertia, Illusions and Realities
8: Jim Tomlinson: Not 'Decline and Revival': An Alternative Narrative on British Post-War Productivity
9: Robert Fitzgerald: Marketing Management in Britain: What Is the Evidence for 'Failure'?
10: Lucy Newton: British Retail Banking in the Twentieth Century: Decline and Renaissance in Industrial Lending
11: Geoffrey Jones and Lucy Newton: The Decline and Renewal of British Multinational Banking
12: Richard Coopey and Peter Lyth: Back to the Future: The Aircraft and IT Industries in Britain since 1945
13: Sally Horrocks: Industrial Research and the Employment of Scientists in British Industry before the 1970s
14: Carlo Morelli: Increasing Value? Modern British Retailing in the Late Twentieth Century
15: Mike Anson and Gerald Crompton: Predicting, Providing, Sustaining, Integrating? British Transport Policy since 1945
16: Peter Miskell: The Film Industry in Twentieth Century Britain: Consumption Patterns, Government Regulation, and Firm Strategy
17: Dilwyn Porter: British Sport Transformed: Sport, Business, and the Media since 1960
18: David J. Jeremy: Ethics, Religion, and Business in Twentieth Century Britain

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