Irc - An Experiment in Industrial Intervention - A History of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Hague, Geoffrey Wilkinson Zusammenfassung The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation had an unusual constitution which gave control of public spending to private sector industrialists and bankers. The IRC used both its influence and its cash to direct or even to thwart market forces in the ‘national interest’. This reissue (1983) is a comprehensive study of the IRC. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. The IRC 1. The Origins of the IRC 2. The Structure and Powers of the IRC 3. The IRC at Work Part 2. Mergers and Industrial Restructuring 4. GEC, AEI AND EE 5. Rank, Kent and Cambridge 6. The Ball-Bearing Industry 7. The British Motor Holdings-Leyland Merger 8. Machine Tools 9. The Plant Makers – Big Ideas and Small Deals Part 3. Rescues and Restorations 10. The Plant Makers – Whessoe 11. The Plant Makers – Davy Ashmore 12. Rolls-Royce 13. Cammell Laird The IRC’s Contribution 14. Review and Appraisal

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• Authors: Hague, Douglas Hague, Douglas Wilkinson Hague, Hague Douglas, Geoffrey Wilkinson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780815369097
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6909-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1960 to c 1969, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Economics of industrial organisation, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Economics of industrial organization