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Ferranti. A history [Volume 3]. Management, mergers and fraud, 1987-1993

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  • Author(s) Wilson, John F
  • Publication type Monograph
  • Year published 2013
  • Pages 307pp
  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Place Published Manchester

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  • Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
  • Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of industries
  • Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
  • Name Multinational cos exc free standing & general trading cos
  • Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: collapse of businesses

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Scholarly history. Not commissioned. Narrative of Ferranti in the 1980s and its merger with International Signals & Control Plc and its subsequent collapse due to fraud. Its chapters are: 'Ferranti by the mid 1980s'; 'The rise of ISC'; 'A step too far? Merger with ISC'; 'From honeymoon to divorce'; 'Investigation and court case'; 'The rescue strategy'; 'The new Ferranti International'; 'Demise and epilogue'. Appendices include: financing, 1970-93; profitability and return on capital employed, 1970-93; turnover and employment at Ferranti, 1970-93; 'chairmen and directors, 1905-93'