The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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Page 7
... competition where it was most severe . Rather than improve the efficiency of their businesses and develop new lines of production British entrepreneurs remained obstinately committed to the staple trades , content to limit their ...
... competition where it was most severe . Rather than improve the efficiency of their businesses and develop new lines of production British entrepreneurs remained obstinately committed to the staple trades , content to limit their ...
Page 8
... competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report lamented , techniques of salesmanship were crude and ...
... competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report lamented , techniques of salesmanship were crude and ...
Page 9
... competing hypotheses . The first is essentially a variant of the ' early start ' thesis , but whereas the latter lays stress on the purely technological barriers to innovation , the former attaches greater weight to social and ...
... competing hypotheses . The first is essentially a variant of the ' early start ' thesis , but whereas the latter lays stress on the purely technological barriers to innovation , the former attaches greater weight to social and ...
Page 10
... competition in its traditional overseas markets , 46 in common with other British industries it has been severely censured for its technical stagnation . The conventional criticism , based upon a comparison with the American industry ...
... competition in its traditional overseas markets , 46 in common with other British industries it has been severely censured for its technical stagnation . The conventional criticism , based upon a comparison with the American industry ...
Page 12
... competitive reduction of prices so that trade recession was invariably accompanied by an intensification of interdistrict competition . This degree of cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to ...
... competitive reduction of prices so that trade recession was invariably accompanied by an intensification of interdistrict competition . This degree of cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom