Lighting the Town. A study of management in the north west gas industry, 1805-1880
Details:
- Author(s) Wilson, John F
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1991
- Pages 240pp; illus
- Publisher Paul Chapman for British Gas Plc North Western
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
- Name Finance of production & trade
- Name Management practices
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly and detailed account, sponsored by British Gas, of the emergence of the gas industry in North West England with sections on 1] the general emergence of gaslighting, 1805-26, including contractors such as John Grafton, James Hargreaves, John Malam; 2] growth and maturity of the industry, 1827-80; 3] company creation and capital formation to 1826; 4] gas shares and government controls - legal background, incorporation, raising capital, gas companies and stock exchanges; 4] management strategy and business development to 1830 - senior management, investment and marketing strategies, price structure, performance, etc; 5] management of expansion after 1830 - senior management and strategy, professionalisation of management, environment for growth, pricing policy, competition and regulation inc at Liverpool, Chester and Kendal; 6] municipalisation and municipal trading . Appendices include: chronology of North West gas undertakings, 1815-80; capital invested in North West undertakings, 1826-81; dividend policy of selected companies; sales performance of same