Why Are the British Bad At Manufacturing?

Informationen zum Autor Karel Williams, John Williams, Dennis Thomas Zusammenfassung This reissue (1983) examines the poor performance of British manufacturing. Rather than invoke orthodox economics or social factors, the book analyses four national conditions – enterprise control over the labour process; market structure / composition of demand; the relation of manufacturing to banks; the relation of manufacturing to government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Why are the British Bad at Manufacturing? Case Studies 1. GEC – An Outstanding Success? 2. Shipbuilding – Demand Linkage and Industrial Decline 3. BMC/BLMC/BL – A Misunderstood Failure

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• Authors: Dennis Thomas, Thomas Dennis, John Williams, John (University of Cambridge) Williams, Karel Williams, Karel Williams Williams, Williams Karel
• Assisted by: Dennis Thomas (Editor), John Williams (Editor), Karel Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780815372899
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7289-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: 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, Economics of industrial organisation, Manufacturing industries, Economics of industrial organization