The Lanchester Engine Company Limited

F. W. Lanchester was general manager of the Lanchester Engine Company from 1899 to 1904. At the end of that period the company became bankrupt. What were the reasons for this unsuccessful management? One may ask whether it was because Lanchester was not a good manager. But it is as difficult to answer that question as to say how we can tell whether a man is a good manager or not, and there are few who would be prepared to say how we can do that

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