Personal Capitalism and Corporate Governance. British manufacturing in the first half of the twentieth century

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Author(s) Lloyd-Jones, Roger, Josephine Maltby, Myrddin J Lewis & Mark D Matthews
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2011
Pages 231pp
Publisher Ashgate Publishing
Place Published Farnham

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Name Family & personal capitalism
Name Corporate governance
Name Performance of businesses

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the relationship between corporate governance and personal capitalism in British manufacturing, c1900-c50, based on five case studies of leading British engineering companies. Considers in particular the Chandlerian paradigm that the long-running persistence of personal capitalism shaped the governance of British manufacturing firms, eroding their competitive performance. The case studies are BSA, Hadfields, Alfred Herbert, Greenwood & Batley, Raleigh. For the case studies see separate BHE entries