James Nye
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198717256
- eISBN:
- 9780191785986
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717256.003.0006
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History, Knowledge Management
With government sponsorship, Smiths plans the (re)creation of a British watch- and clockmaking industry, building factories in development areas, in Wales and Scotland. Four main business divisions ...
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With government sponsorship, Smiths plans the (re)creation of a British watch- and clockmaking industry, building factories in development areas, in Wales and Scotland. Four main business divisions are created in 1944, but post-war markets for the divisions have different growth rates—aviation grows significantly on the back of post-war defence spending, but the clocks and watches division, despite its social and employment value, cannot generate acceptable returns, and does not enjoy the national support seen in Switzerland. Allan Gordon-Smith dies in 1951, leaving a vacuum, as his son Ralph lacks entrepreneurial flair and leadership skills. Smiths has now expanded to a significant size—there are over thirty group companies, including a nascent medical plastics business. Challenges emerge: new factories are needed, but also new houses to accommodate workers; industrial relations include a more militant element; taxation is still high; foreign competition, with lower labour costs, damages prospectsLess
With government sponsorship, Smiths plans the (re)creation of a British watch- and clockmaking industry, building factories in development areas, in Wales and Scotland. Four main business divisions are created in 1944, but post-war markets for the divisions have different growth rates—aviation grows significantly on the back of post-war defence spending, but the clocks and watches division, despite its social and employment value, cannot generate acceptable returns, and does not enjoy the national support seen in Switzerland. Allan Gordon-Smith dies in 1951, leaving a vacuum, as his son Ralph lacks entrepreneurial flair and leadership skills. Smiths has now expanded to a significant size—there are over thirty group companies, including a nascent medical plastics business. Challenges emerge: new factories are needed, but also new houses to accommodate workers; industrial relations include a more militant element; taxation is still high; foreign competition, with lower labour costs, damages prospects
Robert M. Fogelson
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780300191721
- eISBN:
- 9780300205589
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300191721.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This book tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the United State’s largest city, from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the ...
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This book tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the United State’s largest city, from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the post-war housing shortage, which prompted landlords to raise rents, drove tenants to go on rent strikes, and spurred the state legislature, a conservative body dominated by upstate Republicans, to impose rent control in New York, a radical and unprecedented step that transformed landlord-tenant relations. The book traces the tumultuous history of rent control in New York from its inception to its expiration as it unfolded in New York, Albany, and Washington, D.C. At the heart of this story are such memorable figures as Al Smith, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, as well as a host of tenants, landlords, judges, and politicians who have long been forgotten. The book also explores the heated debates over landlord-tenant law, housing policy, and other issues that are as controversial today as they were a century ago.Less
This book tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the United State’s largest city, from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the post-war housing shortage, which prompted landlords to raise rents, drove tenants to go on rent strikes, and spurred the state legislature, a conservative body dominated by upstate Republicans, to impose rent control in New York, a radical and unprecedented step that transformed landlord-tenant relations. The book traces the tumultuous history of rent control in New York from its inception to its expiration as it unfolded in New York, Albany, and Washington, D.C. At the heart of this story are such memorable figures as Al Smith, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, as well as a host of tenants, landlords, judges, and politicians who have long been forgotten. The book also explores the heated debates over landlord-tenant law, housing policy, and other issues that are as controversial today as they were a century ago.
