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1 online resource (xxvi, 375 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Based on company records and interviews, this book charts the history of Smiths Group from its beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade to its current standing as a global technology company. It represents a story of transition from family-owned business, through paternalistic management to its modern shareholder-driven structure.
1.1851 -- 1899: Elephant and Castle to the Strand -- 2.1899 -- 1913: A New Business Emerges -- 3.1914 -- 1928: Flotation, War, Boom and Bust, Recovery -- 4.1929 -- 1939: A Decade of Diversification -- 5.1939 -- 1945: The War Factory -- 6.1945 -- 1959: From Austerity to Prosperity -- 7.1960 -- 1975: The Triumph of Decentralization -- 8.1976 -- 1990: Shocking the Markets -- 9.1991 -- 2000: The End of an Era -- 10.2000 -- 2007: Shocking the Markets Again -- 11.A Fortune in Change.
Includes bibliographical references and index.