Public Enterprise Revisited - A Closer Look at the 1954-79 UK Labour Productivity Record (Hardcover)

According to conventional wisdom, public ownership of industry in post-war Britain led, invariably, to under-performance. This book casts doubt upon this view by showing that, as far as the labour productivity record of the expanding state-owned industries is concerned, this was clearly not the case. The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly faster than that of the private sector industries. Strikingly, he also finds that the state-owned industries were narrowing their productivity gap with their US counterparts at a significantly faster rate than the private sector industries. Dr Iordanoglou concludes that it is possible that public ownership had - in the historical period investigated - a long-term positive effect on these industries. This book will be of great interest to scholars of industrial economics, public sector economics and economic history.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2001
Authors:	Chrisafis H. Iordanoglou
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	672
ISBN-13:	978-1-84064-456-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Civil service & public sector Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	1-84064-456-7
Barcode:	9781840644562

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