National Enterprise Board
Other Business Names:
- National Research & Development Corp
- British Technology Group
- BTG Plc
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 in 1975 by a Labour government to extend and manage state holdings in British business, namely 'lame duck' businesses that had passed into public ownership and new investment in high technology industry, especially computers, software, electronic components, etc. Merged with National Research & Development Corp to form British Technology Group, 1981. 1991 privatised as BTG Plc
Publications:
- Alfred Herbert Ltd and the British Machine Tool Industry, 1887-1983 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- 'Breaking New Ground'. The National Enterprise Board, Ferranti, and Britain’s prehistory of privatization by Billings, Mark, & John F Wilson
- 'From national champions to little ventures. The NEB and the second wave of information technology in Britain, 1975-1985' in R Coopey (ed), Information Technology Policy. An international history by Campbell-Kelly, Martin, & Ross Hamilton
- 'Industrial innovation and roles of bodies like the National Enterprise Board' in C Carter (ed), Industrial Policy and Innovation by Willott, W B
- '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
- National Enterprise Board. A case for euthanasia by Grylls, Michael, & John Redwood
- 'NEB involvement in electronics and information technology' in C Carter (ed), Industrial Policy and Innovation by Willott, W B
- State Capital and Private Enterprise. The case of the UK National Enterprise Board by Kramer, Daniel C
- State Intervention in Production. The case of the National Enterprise Board by Pickering, Helen
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- National Research & Development Corp
- British Technology Group
- BTG Plc
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 in 1975 by a Labour government to extend and manage state holdings in British business, namely 'lame duck' businesses that had passed into public ownership and new investment in high technology industry, especially computers, software, electronic components, etc. Merged with National Research & Development Corp to form British Technology Group, 1981. 1991 privatised as BTG PlcPublications:
- Alfred Herbert Ltd and the British Machine Tool Industry, 1887-1983 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- 'Breaking New Ground'. The National Enterprise Board, Ferranti, and Britain’s prehistory of privatization by Billings, Mark, & John F Wilson
- 'From national champions to little ventures. The NEB and the second wave of information technology in Britain, 1975-1985' in R Coopey (ed), Information Technology Policy. An international history by Campbell-Kelly, Martin, & Ross Hamilton
- 'Industrial innovation and roles of bodies like the National Enterprise Board' in C Carter (ed), Industrial Policy and Innovation by Willott, W B
- '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
- National Enterprise Board. A case for euthanasia by Grylls, Michael, & John Redwood
- 'NEB involvement in electronics and information technology' in C Carter (ed), Industrial Policy and Innovation by Willott, W B
- State Capital and Private Enterprise. The case of the UK National Enterprise Board by Kramer, Daniel C
- State Intervention in Production. The case of the National Enterprise Board by Pickering, Helen