Description
First Published in 1989. This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue of Business History, Vol.XXXI, No.3. (July 1989). These introductory articles cover a breadth of topics including British entrepreneurs, the accumulation of riches in Victorian Britain and the importance of locational choice. Written by a variety authors, this title also opens with an article from the general editor, Charles Harvey.
Table of Contents
Business History: Concepts and Measurement; Production, Employment and Labour productivity in British Coalmines 1830-1913; Wealthy and Titles Persons; British Entrepreneurs in Distribution and Steel Industry; Interpreting the Record of Wage Negotiations under an Arbitral Regime; Competition, Co-operation and Nationalism in 19th Century Telegrpah System; The Birth and Death of Firms in Englland and Wales during the Inter-War Yars; Locational Choice, Performance and the Growth of British Multinational Firms; Index.
