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Management and business in Britain and France : the age of the corporate economy, 1850-1990
- Title
- Management and business in Britain and France : the age of the corporate economy, 1850-1990 / edited by Youssef Cassis, François Crouzet and Terry Gourvish.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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- Description
- xiv, 239 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- For generations, the uneasy relationship between Britain and France has captured the popular imagination. Comparative studies between the two countries abound, from political systems to eating habits: hitherto they have not extended to business history.
- There is now growing interest in comparative business systems, practices, and performance. In these areas comparison with America, Germany, or Japan have taken precedence. This volume, with contributions from leading British and French historians, explores comparative developments and trends in the two countries which were the guiding lights of Europe and the world. In particular it looks at three main dimensions - the family firm; education and training; and mergers and company structure.
- With a mixture of case studies, sectoral analysis, and wider-ranging comparison, the book will be a useful addition to our understanding of the evolution of business organization, competitiveness, and performance in the two countries.
- Subject
- Industrial management > Great Britain > History > Congresses
- Industrial management > France > History > Congresses
- Executives > History > Great Britain > Congresses
- Executives > History > France > Congresses
- Consolidation and merger of corporations > Great Britain > History > Congresses
- Consolidation and merger of corporations > France > History > Congresses
- Note
- Revised papers originally presented at a conference held at the London School of Economics on 17-19 September 1992.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Divergence and Convergence in British and French Business in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Youssef Cassis -- 2. Ownership, Organization, and Management: British Business and the Branded Consumer Goods Industries / Robert Fitzgerald -- 3. Mass Retailing: A Last Chance for the Family Firm in France, 1945-90? / Emmanuel Chadeau -- 4. Christofle: A Family Firm / Marc De Ferriere Le Vayer -- 5. Standard Motors 1945-55 and the Post-war Malaise of British Management / Nick Tiratsoo -- 6. French Influences on Technical and Managerial Education in England, 1870-1940 / Michael Sanderson -- 7. From Inheritors to Managers: The Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales and Business Firms / Marc Meuleau -- 8. Training Electrical Engineers in France, 1880-1939 / Andre Grelon -- 9. Engineers in the Boardroom: Britain and France Compared / Christine Shaw -- 10. An Impossible Merger? The French Chemical Industry in the 1920s / Jean-Pierre Daviet --
- 11. Mergers and the Transformation of the British Brewing Industry, 1914-80 / Terry Gourvish -- 12. Paribas and the Rationalization of the French Electricity Industry, 1900-30 / Eric Bussiere -- 13. Big Business in Britain and France, 1890-1990 / Youssef Cassis.
- ISBN
- 0198289405 (alk. paper) :
- LCCN
- 95017981
- OCLC
- 474218489
- ocn474218489
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries