A Search for Competitive Advantage: Case Studies in Industrial History (Routledge Focus on Industrial History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367024152 ISBN 13: 9780367024154

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how British industrial firms achieved a competitive advantage.

With contributions on industrial cartelisation, organisational structure, the quality of British management, marketing and trade marks, labour relations, and technological innovation, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.

Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author

John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University at Newcastle.

Steven Toms spent fifteen years in senior management at Nottingham University as head of the undergraduate programme, chair of teaching committee and research director before becoming Head of York Management School in 2004.

Ian Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367024152
• ISBN 13: 9780367024154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 102
• Editor: Wilson John F., Jones Ian, Toms Steven