Deja Vu All Over Again! The reluctant rise and protracted demise of Scott Lithgow Ltd
Details:
- Author(s) Murphy, Hugh
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2001
- Publisher University of Westminster
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses
- Name Diversification strategies
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
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Library:
- Name Westminster University Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode W1W 7UW
- Visit Westminster University Library's website
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Notes:
See also L Johnman & H Murphy, 'Scott Lithgow. Déjà vu all over again The rise and fall of a shipbuilding company', 2005. Deals with the histories of Lithgows Ltd and Scotts Engineering Co Ltd from their origins but especially from 1945 and notably from 1970 when they merged to form Scott Lithgow Ltd. Deals with nationalisation; the business as part of British Shipbuilders Corp; its ill-conceived diversification into offshore structure building; its acquisition by Trafalgar House Plc; its demise