Dudley Docker. The life and times of a trade warrior
Details:
- Author(s) Davenport-Hines, R P T
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1984
- Pages 295pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Trade protection inc non tariff
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Notes:
Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 1985. Scholarly and readable business biography of a leading and controversial UK businessman who played a major role in companies such as Birmingham Small Arms Co Ltd [BSA], Vickers Ltd, Midland Bank Ltd, Daimler Motors Ltd; etc. Also involved in creation of Federation of British Industries [FBI]. Gives insight into the business, political, social milieu in which he worked and into the decline of British hegemony since 1880 - loss of manufacturing competitiveness, low productivity, low return on capital, etc