The Informal Social Control of Business in Britain
1880–1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Boswell (City University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 237-257 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3114356 |
| OpenAlex | W2319613849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
Professor Boswell here discusses how informal social control was exercised over business conduct in the six decades from 1880 to World War II. He seeks to explain why some firms were more responsive to the public than others
Control (management · Economics · Management · Political science · Public relations · Social business · Social control · Social science · Sociology · World War II · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
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Industrial Reconstruction and the Control of Competition
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The Rise of the Corporate Economy
William Morris, Viscount Nuffield
Lancashire Textiles-a Case Study of Industrial Change
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2017 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |