1st Edition
The IRC - An Experiment in Industrial Intervention A History of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation was created by a Labour Government in 1966 and dissolved by the incoming Conservative Government in 1971. It might have faded into oblivion had it not been for the controversy generated by its highly unusual constitution which gave control of public spending to private sector industrialists and bankers. The IRC used both its influence and its cash to... Read more
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
Biography
Douglas Hague, Geoffrey Wilkinson
