Business, politics and the transition from war to peace
The Federation of British Industries, 1916-25
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6043724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Ollerenshaw (University of the West of, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 126-146 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2023.2235927 |
| OpenAlex | W4385340994 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
The economic and political stresses of the First World War and its immediate aftermath strengthened the associational culture in British business. This article focuses on the Federation of British Industries, established in 1916 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1923, which quickly became one of the largest trade associations in the world, with global connections. For British business, workers and government, the years following the end of the First World War presented some of the most difficult challenges of the twentieth century. The article discusses a number of areas such as the influence of corporatism; fear of renewed German economic competition; British participation at overseas trade fairs; business and reparations; the relations between business, Members of Parliament and government; and the uniquely wide range of services the Federation provided to help its members regain lost markets and compete in the post-war world
Ancient history · Charter · Competition (biology) · Corporatism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · First world war · German · Government (linguistics) · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law
The Political Construction of Business Interests
The Economic Advisory Council, 1930–1939
The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century
An Index of British Economic Conditions
Selling Germany in South-Eastern Europe
The Politics of Association in Industrial Society
The Economic History Review
The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative-Historical Perspective
The Role of the British Government in the Spread of Scientific Management and Fordism in the Interwar Years
The British Commonwealth Union and the general election of 1918
Lloyds Bank in the History of English Banking
Trade Associations and Economic Power
International Business and the Development of British Electrical Manufacturing, 1886–1929
The Failure of Consensus in Britain
German Business Interests in Britain During the First World War
Henry Page Croft and the National Party 1917-22
Consensus or Elite Domination
The Confederation of British Industry
Lloyd's Bank in the History of English Banking
The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting
The Federation of British Industries and the International Economy, 1929-39
Hours of Labour
Dudley Docker
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |