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Author : Sidney Pollard,Paul L. Robertson
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007004798801
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931764877
Author : Simon Ville
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786949318
This volume tackles the history of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century by breaking it down into six regions:- Northeast England; Southeast England; Southwest England; Northwest England; Scotland; and Ireland. The intent is to determine the different economic, social, and geographic factors that contribute to the varied rates of rise and decline of Shipbuilding across the United Kingdom, rather than view the nation’s shipbuilding history as a singular narrative, which risks omitting the complexity of each region. Each region has been ascribed an author, and each author seeks to establish the quantitative and qualitative nature of output in their region, assessing individual factors of production, the character of the enterprises, and the nature of the market.
Author : L. A. Ritchie
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Shipbuilding industry
ISBN : 0719038057
This work aims to facilitate the study of the shipbuilding industry by making available information on the present location of shipbuilding archives. The brief histories of about 200 businesses are offered.
Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752492865
From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world, yet by the end of the following century the British merchant fleet ranked just 38 in the world. The glory days of sail had given way to the introduction of the steam age. Traditional shipwrights had railed against new industrial methods resulting in the infamous demarcation disputes. Talented men, like Brunel and Armstrong, had always sought change and development, but too many shipbuilders were relying on old technologies. From building mighty battleships and extravagant ocean liners, the nation became complacent and its yards were eventually no longer as innovative as their foreign competitors. In the twenty-first century, British shipbuilding has shrunk to a mere fraction of its former size and has become almost totally dependent on government contracts.The popularity of and fascination with this subject has prompted a new edition of Anthony Burton’s successful book. With fresh images and a new, final chapter, the story of the rise and cataclysmic fall of British shipbuilding has been brought right up to date.
Author : Leslie Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:35007002191926
Author : Gordon Boyce
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Economics
ISBN : 0719038472
This text explores the patterns of corporate growth, organizational change, and entrepreneurial succession within Britain's shipping industry between 1870 and 1914 when the industry dominated the trade routes of the world. It analyzes how one of Britain's major service industries retained its international competitiveness at a time when many of the older staple sectors lost their comparative advantages and when numerous firms in the new industries failed to develop strong capabilities.
Author : Gordon H. Boyce
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781802075557
Celebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels transported in bulk essential minerals and ores, grains, timber, and other commodities and played a vital role in creating the modern global economy. While the histories of some individual tramp firms have been written, this book uses personal correspondence and surviving company records to chart the development of the entire industry - the largest in the world- during a period of transformational technical change. Who were the bold, risk-takers who founded tramp firms? How did they mobilise the resources needed to enter this dynamic sector, build immense companies, and accumulate vast fortunes? Why did others fail? This study reveals how executives learned ‘the art’ of managing tramps and developed strategic networking skills. Tramp shipping resonates with many of today’s high-growth industries: it was an information intensive, high stress operation that required rapid - sometimes instinctive - decision-making within a turbulent market. Building business networks was supported by a distinctive culture that streamlined communication. This innovative study places information, knowledge, learning, culture, and communication at the centre of the analysis in order to transport readers into the minds of those fascinating entrepreneurs who helped build the modern world.
Author : Hugh Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000331899
Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands. The chapters trace the evolution of public policy regarding shipbuilding, ship repair, and large marine engine building through the tenures of radically different Labour and Conservative governments, and through the response of the board of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, trade unions, and local management also. The book benefits from comprehensive archival research and interviews from the 1990s with leading players in the industry, as well as politicians, shipbuilders, trade union leaders, and senior civil servants. This authoritative monograph is a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers across the fields of business history, economic history, industrial history, labour history, maritime history, and British history.
Author : Robin Craig
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786949110
This study explores the history of tramp-shipping in the United Kingdom, between 1750 and 1914. It defines ‘tramp’ as steamships exclusively hulled with iron or steel. The purpose of the journal is to keep the history of tramp-shipping from fading into obscurity, as the author believes the tramp steamer does not invoke sentimentality nor provide enough glamour to sustain the same level of maritime interest enjoyed by sailing ships or ocean liners. The study is split into four major sections, the first concerning tramp-shipping, ownership, and capital formation; the second concerning trade, specifically copper ore and African guano; the third studies tramp seamen - particularly sea masters; and the final and largest section considers individual tramp-shipping regions, further subdivided by region - Wales, the Northwest, the West Country, the Northeast, the Southeast, and Canada. The volume is punctuated with statistics, tables, charts, glossaries, and concludes with a bibliography of author Robin Craig’s further maritime writing.
Author : William D. Wray
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674576659
Author : Edward H. Lorenz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007000196711
This book examines the decline of the once great British shipbuilding industry in the twentieth century. Drawing on recent developments in behavioral economics and industrial sociology, the author argues that the decline can be explained by British management's uncertainty over the need for reform of management methods following the Second World War, and the lack of trust between labor and management.
Author : Wolfgang J. Mommsen,Hans-Gerhard Husung
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351815253
17 The National Free Labour Association: Working-Class Opposition to New Unionism in Britain by Geoffrey Alderman -- Part Five Trade Unions, Employers and the State -- 18 The British State, the Business Community and the Trade Unions by John Saville -- 19 Industrial Structure, Employer Strategy and the Diffusion of Job Control in Britain, 1880-1920 by Jonathan Zeitlin -- 20 Repression or Integration? The State, Trade Unions and Industrial Disputes in Imperial Germany by Klaus Saul -- Part Six Trade Unions and the Political Labour Movement -- 21 Trade Unions and the Labour Party in Britain by Jay M. Winter -- 22 The Free Trade Unions and Social Democracy in Imperial Germany by Hans Mommsen -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Author : Derek H. Aldcroft,Michael J. Oliver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351878357
What do unions do and why do they do it? Do they seek to maximise profit for their members, or to obtain better working conditions that benefit society as a whole? Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver here provide one of the first sustained studies of the effects of union activities in terms of economic performance and the impact on the business world. From the rise of the British mass trade union movement in the 1870s to the present day, the book examines the main trends in union development and structure, and the core strategies unions have used to achieve their objectives: the use of strikes, work rules and restrictive practices; workers’ attitudes to innovation; the wage bargaining process. Important assessments are made of the influence of these strategies on investment, innovation, economic growth, and the cost of structure and competitiveness of the UK economy.
Author : Lewis Johnman,Hugh Murphy
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015055913696
This analysis of 20th-century shipbuilding blends the records of central Government with those of the Shipbuilding Employers Federation and Shipbuilding Conference, as well as those from individual yards, technical societies and the trade press.