Les Hannah
Biographic Data
| ID | 5244412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Les Hannah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Les |
| FAMILY NAME | Hannah |
| SIGNATURE | LES HANNAH |
| AFFILIATIONS | Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The sources of scale
The article assesses the relative weight of different sources of workforce size, using both relative marginal effects and proportion of variance explained for the 545 largest British firms in 1881. Despite data uncertainties, integration is shown as the largest contributor to scale. Integration with mining had even larger effects, raising employment by 35%. Internal capital intensity reduced labour for the majority of firms by about 4 workers per…
Corporations in the US and Europe 1790–1860
Sylla and Wright's statistics of new US special incorporations in 1790-1860 show that they exceeded those in France, Prussia and the UK, but the aggregate paid-up share capitals of extant companies were not so far apart in 1860. The UK continued to lead corporatisation, as measured by the ratio of corporate share capital to GDP. The distinctive features of US corporations were that they were small, diverse and numerous, while UK corporations were…
Takeover Bids in Britain Before 1950
1 A study of mergers noticed in the Investor's Chronicle between 1919 and 1939, on which the present study draws, was financed by the Nuffield Foundation and the Social Science Research Council and carried out by Mrs P. D. Wright. M. R. Freedland, R. M. Hartwell, J. A. Kay, W. J. Reader and J. Wright commented helpfully on earlier drafts. They are not, of course, responsible for any errors or omissions. I have been asked to point out that referen…
Corporations in the US and Europe 1790–1860
Sylla and Wright's statistics of new US special incorporations in 1790-1860 show that they exceeded those in France, Prussia and the UK, but the aggregate paid-up share capitals of extant companies were not so far apart in 1860. The UK continued to lead corporatisation, as measured by the ratio of corporate share capital to GDP. The distinctive features of US corporations were that they were small, diverse and numerous, while UK corporations were…
Takeover Bids in Britain Before 1950
1 A study of mergers noticed in the Investor's Chronicle between 1919 and 1939, on which the present study draws, was financed by the Nuffield Foundation and the Social Science Research Council and carried out by Mrs P. D. Wright. M. R. Freedland, R. M. Hartwell, J. A. Kay, W. J. Reader and J. Wright commented helpfully on earlier drafts. They are not, of course, responsible for any errors or omissions. I have been asked to point out that referen…
Takeover Bids in Britain Before 1950
1 A study of mergers noticed in the Investor's Chronicle between 1919 and 1939, on which the present study draws, was financed by the Nuffield Foundation and the Social Science Research Council and carried out by Mrs P. D. Wright. M. R. Freedland, R. M. Hartwell, J. A. Kay, W. J. Reader and J. Wright commented helpfully on earlier drafts. They are not, of course, responsible for any errors or omissions. I have been asked to point out that referen…
Corporations in the US and Europe 1790–1860
Sylla and Wright's statistics of new US special incorporations in 1790-1860 show that they exceeded those in France, Prussia and the UK, but the aggregate paid-up share capitals of extant companies were not so far apart in 1860. The UK continued to lead corporatisation, as measured by the ratio of corporate share capital to GDP. The distinctive features of US corporations were that they were small, diverse and numerous, while UK corporations were…
The sources of scale
The article assesses the relative weight of different sources of workforce size, using both relative marginal effects and proportion of variance explained for the 545 largest British firms in 1881. Despite data uncertainties, integration is shown as the largest contributor to scale. Integration with mining had even larger effects, raising employment by 35%. Internal capital intensity reduced labour for the majority of firms by about 4 workers per…
Economics (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Business history (2 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Casual (1 work) · Commerce (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)