'Business implications of technical development in the glass industry, 1945-1965. A case study' in B Supple (ed), Essays in British Business History. The development of the firm

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Deals with Pilkington's float glass process, a major technical invention and innovation, exploring issues such as finance, timescale, payback, etc, which the writer identifies as an important area of research for business historians. In reality a narrative of the development and introduction of the process with sections: 'Pilkington backs research and identifies a most promising technical development'; 'Discovery of an inventor and that of an experimental engineering department'; 'The act of invention and early experimental work'; 'Business prosperity encourages major investment and carries the experimenters through misfortune'; 'The final haul to profitability'