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Zusatztext Dr James Nye has written a quite remarkable history of Smiths Industries (now Smiths Group), the last British manufacture, that eventually diversified into everything from autopilots to airport body scanners. Informationen zum Autor James Nye's first career was in finance and commerce, followed by a PhD in financial history at King's College London, where he holds a visiting fellowship in the Institute of Contemporary British History. He is also an award-winning historian of technology, with a focus on the history of distributed accurate time. James sits on the council of the AHS, and the editorial advisory panel of Antiquarian Horology. He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, and was the founder and principal sponsor of The Clockworks, a unique London museum, workshop, and library dedicated to the history of electrical timekeeping (www.theclockworks.org). Klappentext Based on company records and interviews, the book charts the history of Smiths Group from its beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade to its current standing as a global technology company. It represents a story of transition from family-owned business, through paternalistic management to its modern shareholder-driven structure. Zusammenfassung Based on company records and interviews, the book charts the history of Smiths Group from its beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade to its current standing as a global technology company. It represents a story of transition from family-owned business, through paternalistic management to its modern shareholder-driven structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: 1851-1899 Elephant and Castle to the Strand 2: 1899-1913 A new business emerges 3: 1914-1928 Flotation, war, boom and bust, recovery 4: 1929 - 1939 A decade of diversification 5: 1939 - 1945 The war factory 6: 1945 - 1959 From austerity to prosperity 7: 1960-1975 The triumph of decentralization 8: 1976-1990 Shocking the markets 9: 1991-2000 The end of an era 10: 2000-2007 Shocking the markets again 11: A fortune in change ...
