Vickers Brothers. Armaments and enterprise, 1854-1914
Details:
- Author(s) Trebilcock, Clive
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 181pp; illus
- Publisher Europa Publications Ltd
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Entrepreneurship inc cultural influences, opportunity, etc
- Name Government procurement
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Scholarly account. A biography of the two Vickers brothers who dominated the early development of the Vickers armaments business, Tom Vickers, 1933-1915, and Albert Vickers, 1838-1919; they were chairman 1873-1909 and 1909-1919 respectively. Details their respective spheres of activity and their complementary personalities and the business challenges they faced that were peculiar to armaments production and selling. Chapters include: 'Arms and the businessman - the problem, 1870-1914'; 'Vickers, 1854-1914 - the response - commanders and strategy'; 'From armaments race to war economy, 1888-1902'; 'Downswing, degeneration and defence'; Innovation sustained - new products, new markets'; 'Entrepreneurship in theory and Vickers in practice'. Also includes much about Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd