Eminent Corporations. The rise and fall of the great British corporation

Details:

Author(s) Simms, Andrew, & David Boyle
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2010
Pages 372pp; illus
Publisher Constable
Place Published London

Topics:

Name Business & industrial history general studies
Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Wadsworth Prize Winner Publications

Notes:

Popular account dealing with the life cycle of what become very large publicly owned companies, what goes wrong with them when they get too big, and the inherent reasons for their failure to survive. Covers East India Co; Barclays Bank; Marks & Spencer; British Petroleum; Virgin; Rover; Cadbury; BBC