Scott Lithgow. Déjà vu all over again. The rise and fall of a shipbuilding company
Details:
- Author(s) Johnman, Lewis, & Hugh Murphy
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2005
- Pages 364pp; illus
- Publisher International Maritime Economic History Association
- Place Published St John's NL
Topics:
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
- Name Diversification strategies
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
See also H Murphy's doctoral thesis 'Deja Vu All Over Again! The reluctant rise and protracted demise of Scott Lithgow Ltd', Westminster University, 2001. Deals extensively with Lithgows Ltd and Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd as well as Scott Lithgow Ltd. Deals also with Trafalgar House as owners of Scott Lithgow. Has chapters: 'Scotts of Greenock, 1711-1945'; 'Russell & Co to Lithgows Ltd, 1874-1945'; 'Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering, 1945-65'; 'Lithgows Ltd, 1945-65'; 'The long march to merger, 1965-70'; 'The road to nationalisation, 1970-77'; 'Nationalisation to privatisation, 1977-84'; 'Deja vu all over again. Trafalgar House, 1984-88'