Based on company records and interviews, the book charts the history of Smiths Group from its beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade to its current standing as a global technology company. It represents a story of transition from family-owned business, through paternalistic management to its modern shareholder-driven structure.
Based on company records and interviews, the book charts the history of Smiths Group from its beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade to its current standing as a global technology company. It represents a story of transition from family-owned business, through paternalistic management to its modern shareholder-driven structure.
James Nye's first career was in finance and commerce, followed by a PhD in financial history at King's College London, where he holds a visiting fellowship in the Institute of Contemporary British History. He is also an award-winning historian of technology, with a focus on the history of distributed accurate time. James sits on the council of the AHS, and the editorial advisory panel of Antiquarian Horology. He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, and was the founder and principal sponsor of The Clockworks, a unique London museum, workshop, and library dedicated to the history of electrical timekeeping (www.theclockworks.org).
Inhaltsangabe
1: 1851-1899 Elephant and Castle to the Strand 2: 1899-1913 A new business emerges 3: 1914-1928 Flotation, war, boom and bust, recovery 4: 1929 - 1939 A decade of diversification 5: 1939 - 1945 The war factory 6: 1945 - 1959 From austerity to prosperity 7: 1960-1975 The triumph of decentralization 8: 1976-1990 Shocking the markets 9: 1991-2000 The end of an era 10: 2000-2007 Shocking the markets again 11: A fortune in change
1: 1851-1899 Elephant and Castle to the Strand 2: 1899-1913 A new business emerges 3: 1914-1928 Flotation, war, boom and bust, recovery 4: 1929 - 1939 A decade of diversification 5: 1939 - 1945 The war factory 6: 1945 - 1959 From austerity to prosperity 7: 1960-1975 The triumph of decentralization 8: 1976-1990 Shocking the markets 9: 1991-2000 The end of an era 10: 2000-2007 Shocking the markets again 11: A fortune in change
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