Strategy and managed decline : London transport 1948-87

Why do organisations decline, and what happens when they do? Strategy and Managed Decline: London Transport 1948-87 is a historical case study looking at how London Transport, a world beater in 1948, declined from being an international exemplar to dilapidation in 30 years. Strategy and Managed Decl...

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Main Author Fowler, James (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesFrontiers of management history.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800431904
DOI10.1108/9781800431881
Physical Description1 online resource (228 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Historical overview 1948-87
  • Chapter 3. Cars, innovation and finance
  • Chapter 4. Decline, politics and strategy
  • Chapter 5. After Ashfield: the post-war chairmen
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions.