M W Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 3713700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M W Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | M W |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University Ghana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
V is for Vulnerable: Operational Research and the V‐Bombers
During 1945–46 the British government received detailed surveys of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1 These surveys, compiled by a special bombing survey missio
Operational Research as Counterfactual History: A Retrospective Analysis of the Use of Battlefield Nuclear Weapons in the German Invasion of France and Flanders, May–June 1940
In 1955 British Operational Research (OR) analysts attached to the British Army conducted a hypothetical study of the likely impact of nuclear weapons as they might have been deployed by Anglo-French forces in resisting the German invasion of North-East France in May–June 1940. The study formed the first major attempt by OR analysts to assess the use of nuclear weapons at the tactical level. In deriving lessons from 1940, OR analysts focused on s…
The making of modern management: British management in historical perspective - John F. Wilson and Andrew Thomson
The world's newest profession: Management consulting in the twentieth century - By Christopher D. McKenna
Hood, John Brown Engineering
A new England? Peace and war, 1886-1918
The British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980
The Rise of Big Business
Examines the origins and evolution of big business, the forms it has taken in the world's leading economies (USA, Japan, Germany and Britain), its implications for business administration, and its consequences for the relationship between ownership and management
The Society of Friends and the Family Firm, 1700–1830
It has long been recognised by historians that Quakers are overrepresented in the ranks of successful businessmen during the formative phases of Britain's industrialisation in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This article uses primary records to confirm the validity of Raistrick's pioneering work on Quaker networks as an important source of capital funding. It extends Raistrick's work by focusing attention on the Meeting House syste…
Competitiveness and the State: Government and Business in Twentieth-Century Britain
Competitiveness and the state in international perspective, Geoffrey Jones and Maurice Kirby productivity and competitive failure - British government policy and industry 1914-1919, Maurice Kirby and Mary B. Rose a missed opportunity? - Labour and the productivity problem, 1945-1951, Martin Chick The Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission from 1949-1956 - a study in regulatory failure, Helen Mercer government and manufacturing industry s…
Institutional Rigidities and Economic Decline: Reflections on the British Experience
Entrepreneurship in the Mass Market
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVI, Issue CCCCXVIII, January 1991, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVI.CCCCXVIII.262 Published: 01 January 1991
The Engineers: A History of the Engineering Profession in Britain, 1750-1914
The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1054–1055, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1054 Published: 01 October 1989
Whitehall and Industrial Decline: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat
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A Social History of the Nonconformist Ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930
A History of GKN, Vol. I: Innovation and Enterprise, 1759-1918
History and Heritage in British Industrial Relations
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Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise
(1988). Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise? Business History: Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 287-305
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CII, Issue 405, October 1987, Pages 1096–1097, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CII.405.1096 Published: 01 October 1987
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume C, Issue CCCXCIV, January 1985, Pages 219-b–221, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/C.CCCXCIV.219-b Published: 01 January 1985
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume C, Issue CCCXCVII, October 1985, Pages 931-b–932, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/C.CCCXCVII.931-b Published: 01 October 1985
Men of Business and Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Quaker Pease Dynasty of North-East England, 1700-1943
Institutional Rigidities and Economic Decline: Reflections on the British Experience
The Society of Friends and the Family Firm, 1700–1830
It has long been recognised by historians that Quakers are overrepresented in the ranks of successful businessmen during the formative phases of Britain's industrialisation in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This article uses primary records to confirm the validity of Raistrick's pioneering work on Quaker networks as an important source of capital funding. It extends Raistrick's work by focusing attention on the Meeting House syste…
The Lancashire Cotton Industry in the Inter-War Years: A Study in Organizational Change
1 I should like to thank Mr N. K. Buxton and Professors R. H. Campbell and D. H. Aldcroft for their criticisms and advice on an earlier draft of this article. Notes 1 I should like to thank Mr N. K. Buxton and Professors R. H. Campbell and D. H. Aldcroft for their criticisms and advice on an earlier draft of this article
The Politics of State Coercion in Inter-War Britain: The Mines Department of the Board of Trade, 1920–1942
One of the more remarkable features of the Second World War was the emergence of a ‘reforming consensus’ within the two major political parties in Britain. As Addison has pointed out ‘a massive new ground emerged in British polities’ and Conservative and Labour leaders alike openly began to espouse the case for ‘“pragmatic reform” in a mixed economy’. By 1945 the emphasis on social equity in ‘the people's war’ and the removal of lingering doubts …
The Control of Competition in the British Coal-Mining Industry in the Thirties
Government Intervention in Industrial Organization: Coal Mining in the Nineteen Thirties
(1973). Government Intervention in Industrial Organization: Coal Mining in the Nineteen Thirties. Business History: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 160-173
Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise
(1988). Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise? Business History: Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 287-305
Entrepreneurial Efficiency in the British Coal Industry between the Wars: A Comment
IN a recent article in this Review' Mr N. K. Buxton stated that probably greatest of coalowner after I9i8 has been seen in his failure to undertake necessary reorganization and so increase efficiency of existing capital assets in (p. 477). The purpose of this comment is to show that whilst Mr Buxton has correctly identified what has come to be regarded as the greatest shortcoming of British colliery owners, he has, at same time, demonstrated a co…
Entrepreneurial Efficiency in the British Coal Industry between the Wars: A Comment
IN a recent article in this Review' Mr N. K. Buxton stated that probably greatest of coalowner after I9i8 has been seen in his failure to undertake necessary reorganization and so increase efficiency of existing capital assets in (p. 477). The purpose of this comment is to show that whilst Mr Buxton has correctly identified what has come to be regarded as the greatest shortcoming of British colliery owners, he has, at same time, demonstrated a co…
Government Intervention in Industrial Organization: Coal Mining in the Nineteen Thirties
(1973). Government Intervention in Industrial Organization: Coal Mining in the Nineteen Thirties. Business History: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 160-173
The Control of Competition in the British Coal-Mining Industry in the Thirties
The Lancashire Cotton Industry in the Inter-War Years: A Study in Organizational Change
1 I should like to thank Mr N. K. Buxton and Professors R. H. Campbell and D. H. Aldcroft for their criticisms and advice on an earlier draft of this article. Notes 1 I should like to thank Mr N. K. Buxton and Professors R. H. Campbell and D. H. Aldcroft for their criticisms and advice on an earlier draft of this article
The British Coalmining Industry, 1870 – 1946
The British Coalmining Industry, 1870-1946: A Political and Economic History
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The British Coalmining Industry, 1870-1946. A Political and Economic History
The Politics of State Coercion in Inter-War Britain: The Mines Department of the Board of Trade, 1920–1942
One of the more remarkable features of the Second World War was the emergence of a ‘reforming consensus’ within the two major political parties in Britain. As Addison has pointed out ‘a massive new ground emerged in British polities’ and Conservative and Labour leaders alike openly began to espouse the case for ‘“pragmatic reform” in a mixed economy’. By 1945 the emphasis on social equity in ‘the people's war’ and the removal of lingering doubts …
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXVII, July 1980, Pages 942-b–943, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXVII.942-b Published: 01 July 1980
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SHORT NOTICES M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCVI, Issue CCCLXXX, July 1981, Pages 662-b–663, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCVI.CCCLXXX.662-b Published: 01 July 1981
The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870
The Decline of British Economic Power since 1870
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume C, Issue CCCXCIV, January 1985, Pages 219-b–221, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/C.CCCXCIV.219-b Published: 01 January 1985
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume C, Issue CCCXCVII, October 1985, Pages 931-b–932, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/C.CCCXCVII.931-b Published: 01 October 1985
Men of Business and Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Quaker Pease Dynasty of North-East England, 1700-1943
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CII, Issue 405, October 1987, Pages 1096–1097, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CII.405.1096 Published: 01 October 1987
A History of GKN, Vol. I: Innovation and Enterprise, 1759-1918
History and Heritage in British Industrial Relations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise
(1988). Product Proliferation in the British Locomotive Building Industry, 1850–1914: An Engineer's Paradise? Business History: Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 287-305
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices M. W. KIRBY M. W. KIRBY University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1054–1055, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1054 Published: 01 October 1989
Whitehall and Industrial Decline: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Social History of the Nonconformist Ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930
The Engineers: A History of the Engineering Profession in Britain, 1750-1914
The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
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