Industrial Reorganisation Corp
Other Business Names:
- Department of Trade & Industry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established 1966 as a government agency to achieve industrial efficiency and profitability by, inter alia, rationalising, developing and otherwise supporting UK businesses. Invested and otherwise provided financial support, paying any dividends to Treasury. Involved in notable rescues of such businesses as Rolls-Royce and Davy Ashmore and in rationalisation of industries such as ball bearing manufacture. Closed 1971 when assets transferred to Department of Trade & Industry
Publications:
- Enterprise vs product logic. The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and the rationalisation of the British electrical / electronics industry by Gandy, Anthony, & Roy Edwards
- 'Industrial policy in the white heat of the scientific revolution' in R Coopey, S Fielding & N Tiratsoo (eds), The Wilson Governments, 1964-1970 by Coopey, Richard
- 'Industrial Reorganisation Corporation' in S Holland, The State as Entrepreneur. New dimensions for public enterprise by Holland, Stuart (ed)
- Intervention in the Mixed Economy. The evolution of British industrial policy, 1964-72 by Young, Stephen, & A V Lowe
- 'Learning from Italy?' The British public sector and the IRI' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Tomlinson, Jim
- 'Learning from Italy?' The British public sector and the IRI' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Tomlinson, Jim
- The IRC. An experiment in industrial intervention. A history of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation by Hague, Douglas C, & Geoffrey Wilkinson
- 'United Kingdom. An experiment in picking winners - the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation' in B Hindley (ed), State Investment Companies in Western Europe. Picking winners of backing losers? by Hindley, Brian, & Ray Richardson
- '£150 million midwife' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Department of Trade & Industry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established 1966 as a government agency to achieve industrial efficiency and profitability by, inter alia, rationalising, developing and otherwise supporting UK businesses. Invested and otherwise provided financial support, paying any dividends to Treasury. Involved in notable rescues of such businesses as Rolls-Royce and Davy Ashmore and in rationalisation of industries such as ball bearing manufacture. Closed 1971 when assets transferred to Department of Trade & IndustryPublications:
- Enterprise vs product logic. The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and the rationalisation of the British electrical / electronics industry by Gandy, Anthony, & Roy Edwards
- 'Industrial policy in the white heat of the scientific revolution' in R Coopey, S Fielding & N Tiratsoo (eds), The Wilson Governments, 1964-1970 by Coopey, Richard
- 'Industrial Reorganisation Corporation' in S Holland, The State as Entrepreneur. New dimensions for public enterprise by Holland, Stuart (ed)
- Intervention in the Mixed Economy. The evolution of British industrial policy, 1964-72 by Young, Stephen, & A V Lowe
- 'Learning from Italy?' The British public sector and the IRI' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Tomlinson, Jim
- 'Learning from Italy?' The British public sector and the IRI' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Tomlinson, Jim
- The IRC. An experiment in industrial intervention. A history of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation by Hague, Douglas C, & Geoffrey Wilkinson
- 'United Kingdom. An experiment in picking winners - the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation' in B Hindley (ed), State Investment Companies in Western Europe. Picking winners of backing losers? by Hindley, Brian, & Ray Richardson
- '£150 million midwife' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William