The IRC - An Experiment in Industrial Intervention: A History of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation

ISBN-13: 9780815369172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 328 str.

Douglas Hague; Geoffrey Wilkinson

Opis

The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation had an unusual constitution which gave control of public spending to private sector industrialists and bankers. The IRC used both its influence and its cash to direct or even to thwart market forces in the ‘national interest’. This reissue (1983) is a comprehensive study of the IRC.

Spis treści

Part 1. The IRC  1. The Origins of the IRC  2. The Structure and Powers of the IRC  3. The IRC at Work  Part 2. Mergers and Industrial Restructuring  4. GEC, AEI AND EE  5. Rank, Kent and Cambridge  6. The Ball-Bearing Industry  7. The British Motor Holdings-Leyland Merger  8. Machine Tools  9. The Plant Makers – Big Ideas and Small Deals  Part 3. Rescues and Restorations  10. The Plant Makers – Whessoe  11. The Plant Makers – Davy Ashmore  12. Rolls-Royce  13. Cammell Laird  The IRC’s Contribution  14. Review and Appraisal

O autorze

Douglas Hague, Geoffrey Wilkinson