The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... should be able to maintain its leading competitive position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, ...
... should be able to maintain its leading competitive position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, ...
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... true that the most recent research has revealed a considerable degree of interest on the part of firms producing high-grade steels in utilising the services of highly competent industrial consultants in the generation before 1914,26 ...
... true that the most recent research has revealed a considerable degree of interest on the part of firms producing high-grade steels in utilising the services of highly competent industrial consultants in the generation before 1914,26 ...
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38 The British entrepreneurial class of the late nineteenth century has thus been the subject of a considerable volume of criticism which has placed it at the centre of the debate on the reasons for Britain's relative economic decline.
38 The British entrepreneurial class of the late nineteenth century has thus been the subject of a considerable volume of criticism which has placed it at the centre of the debate on the reasons for Britain's relative economic decline.
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... to advanced textile machinery and heavy machine tools.42 Studies of the production and marketing records of industries such as these have gone a considerable way towards undermining the blanket hypothesis of entrepreneurial failure.
... to advanced textile machinery and heavy machine tools.42 Studies of the production and marketing records of industries such as these have gone a considerable way towards undermining the blanket hypothesis of entrepreneurial failure.
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... but more recently it has been argued that they masked deep-seated problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. Unenthusiastic towards technical innovation and large-scale business ...
... but more recently it has been argued that they masked deep-seated problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. Unenthusiastic towards technical innovation and large-scale business ...
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Contents
Growth and Stagnation | |
Recovery on the Dole | |
the Bankrupt State | |
the Political Economy of Failure | |
Statistical Tables | 12 |
Notes | 25 |
Bibliography | 79 |
Index | 1982 |
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| Title | The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870 |
| Author | M.W. Kirby |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136616748, 9781136616747 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Economics / General Business & Economics / General |
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