Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry
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A01=M. J. Lewis
A01=Roger Lloyd-Jones
Author_M. J. Lewis
Author_Roger Lloyd-Jones
Bicycle Divisions
Bicycle Industry
Birmingham Small Arms
British Bicycle
British Bicycle Industry
British industrialisation
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Category=KNDR
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Coventry Machinist
Cycle Companies
Cycle Exports
Cycle Firms
Cycle Trade
Dominant Company Culture
economic transformation in cycling industry
entrepreneurship studies
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eq_business-finance-law
eq_history
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Family Founders
Hercules Cycle
industrial history
James Street
John Marsh
Main Operating Company
manufacturing innovation
Motor Cycle
Motorised Bicycle Production
Ordinary Business Practices
organisational change
Pedal Cycles
Personal Capitalist Form
Post-war Export Drive
Raleigh Cycle
Raleigh Directors
technological evolution
Working Capital
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- ISBN 9781859284575
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Mar 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of the British bicycle industry from the perspective of business and economic history. Focusing on themes such as entrepreneurship, personal capitalism, and organisational, technological and cultural change, the shifting fortunes of the industry are traced through the business history of one of its leading firms, Raleigh. The history of the company is then set within the context of more general trends in the industry’s evolution over three chronological periods: 1870 to 1914, 1914 to 1939, and 1939 to 1960. In addition to the story of Raleigh, the business activities of other leading bicycle firms such as Rudge-Whitworth, Hercules, BSA, J. A. Phillips and BCC, the bicycle division of Tube Investments, are examined to inform our understanding of the business evolution of the industry. The book demonstrates that the British bicycle industry was both tenacious and dynamic, typified by the personal leadership of entrepreneurs such as Frank and Harold Bowden at Raleigh.
Roger Lloyd-Jones and M. J. Lewis with the assistance of M. Eason, History Subject Group, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
