The Rise and Fall of Great Companies by Geoffrey Owen
This is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of a great British company, Courtaulds. It describes the upheavals that a company goes through when one of its core businesses is threatened with extinction in the face of globalization, and assesses why some companies found a way through the crisis and continue to exist, while Courtaulds did not.
[An] impressively researched and lucidly written study..timely * David Kynaston, Financial Times *
Well written and judicious...deeply absorbing. * Martin Vander Weyer, Mail on Sunday *
This book will appeal to business historians wishing to understand how strategic management can inform our understanding of the very recent history of the man-made fibres industry, and those scholars in strategic management who are sceptical of the relevance of business history. * David Higgins, Business History *
Owens study is impressively researched and clearly written.This book deserves a wide readership. Not only would it be of interest to textile and business historians, but the lucid analysis makes it accessible to anyone interested in how business works. * Janet Greenlees, English Historical Review *
Geoffrey Owen's book on the demise of the Courtaulds company is one of the finest studies I know of a company grappling with a changing industry landscape. It has much to teach us of how the world works, and I cannot think of a better antidote to offer students whose textbooks discuss business strategy in overly simplified settings. * Professor John Sutton, London School of Economics *
a book that the Pasold Research Fund ought to be proud to publish as the seventeenth in its highly authoritative series of studies in textile history. * Economic History Review *
In this volume theory, empiricism, and compelling refl ections on the big picture work together in a way that will make this book rewarding not merely for textile historians but for anyone interested in modern, global, business history. Products, market structures, personalities, business cultures and technologies are all examined with impressive assurance. The book is, moreover, extremely well organised and its many sub-headings within chapters facilitate navigation. There are also some fi ne illustrations and helpful glossaries of product and processes. All in all, this is a most important contribution to contemporary business history and an outstanding addition to the Pasold Studies in Textile History. * Philip Ollerenshaw, Textile History *
Well written and judicious...deeply absorbing. * Martin Vander Weyer, Mail on Sunday *
This book will appeal to business historians wishing to understand how strategic management can inform our understanding of the very recent history of the man-made fibres industry, and those scholars in strategic management who are sceptical of the relevance of business history. * David Higgins, Business History *
Owens study is impressively researched and clearly written.This book deserves a wide readership. Not only would it be of interest to textile and business historians, but the lucid analysis makes it accessible to anyone interested in how business works. * Janet Greenlees, English Historical Review *
Geoffrey Owen's book on the demise of the Courtaulds company is one of the finest studies I know of a company grappling with a changing industry landscape. It has much to teach us of how the world works, and I cannot think of a better antidote to offer students whose textbooks discuss business strategy in overly simplified settings. * Professor John Sutton, London School of Economics *
a book that the Pasold Research Fund ought to be proud to publish as the seventeenth in its highly authoritative series of studies in textile history. * Economic History Review *
In this volume theory, empiricism, and compelling refl ections on the big picture work together in a way that will make this book rewarding not merely for textile historians but for anyone interested in modern, global, business history. Products, market structures, personalities, business cultures and technologies are all examined with impressive assurance. The book is, moreover, extremely well organised and its many sub-headings within chapters facilitate navigation. There are also some fi ne illustrations and helpful glossaries of product and processes. All in all, this is a most important contribution to contemporary business history and an outstanding addition to the Pasold Studies in Textile History. * Philip Ollerenshaw, Textile History *
Sir Geoffrey Owen is a former editor of the Financial Times who is now a Senior Fellow at the Department of Management, London School of Economics. He was deputy editor of the Financial Times from 1973 to 1980 and editor from 1981 to 1990. He was knighted in 1989.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199592890 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199592896 |
| Title | The Rise and Fall of Great Companies |
| Author | Geoffrey Owen |
| Series | Pasold Studies In Textile History |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-09-09 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the BAC Wadsworth Prize 2011. |
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