Ferranti. A history
Volume 3: Management, mergers and fraud 1987-1993
By John F. Wilson
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- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8839-1
- Pages: 320
- Price: £85.00
- Published Date: May 2013
Description
This study of Ferranti in its last six years of a long history provides a detailed exposition of the British and American businessmen who combined to terminate one of the UK's leading defence electronics firms. Involving action in the Middle East, South Africa and Pakistan, as well as the UK and USA, this highlights the precarious nature of international arms trading.
Contents
1. Ferranti by the mid-1980s
2. The rise of ISC
3. A step too far? Merger with ISC
4. From honeymoon to divorce
5. Investigations and court cases
6. The rescue strategy
7. The 'New Ferranti International'
8. Demise and epilogue
Appendix A: The financing of Ferranti, 1890-1993
Appendix B: Profitability and return on capital employed at Ferranti, 1892-1993
Appendix C: Turnover and Employment at Ferranti, 1890-1993
Appendix D: Chairmen and Directors of Ferranti, 1905-93
Bibliography
Author
John F. Wilson is Professor and Director of the Newcastle University Business School