'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
Details:
- Author(s) Campbell-Kelly, Martin, & Ross Hamilton
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2004
- Pages pp169-86
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the formation and investment activities of the National Enterprise Board, including its stewardship of 'lame duck' businesses and especially its promotion of IT businesses such as Inmos; Nexos; Sinclair Radionics established by Sir Clive Sinclair; Insac, a software sales business established by NEB; etc; etc. In particular explores the success or failure of these investments and concludes with a section - 'Did the NEB do any good?'