... enterprises in the city, such as the Rowntree confectionary factory (Municipal Tramways Association, 1926 , pp. 85-87). Kevin D. Tennent can be contacted at: kevin.tennent@york.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only United Kingdom...

.... United Kingdom Innovation Manufacturing systems Work motivation Marc Isambard Brunel Performance based pay Performance-based pay is a perennial management interest, purportedly aligning the economic interests of workers with their employers. One historic example is Marc Isambard Brunel’s...

... Publishing Limited 2014 United Kingdom Corporate governance Fraud Business failures Hubris Moral responsibilty Since being re-introduced back into academic debate by Ian Kershaw in 1998 with the publication of part one of his two-part biography of Hitler (Kershaw, 1998), the concept...

..., and automation. In addition, his work is clearly congruent with today's lean management principles and practices. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Automotive industry Flow production Lean production Economic history The ideal arrangement for flow production should...

.... Originality/value The paper confirms there is a continuing role for well established method study techniques to be adapted to face new challenges, and output as “contemporary” industrial engineering. Learning organizations Management history United Kingdom United States of America Production...

... 2008 Banking Corporate governance Poland Germany United Kingdom Modern history This paper deals with management history as much as challenges to current practice as portrayed by issues around retail banking in Central Europe. This view considers that the historical contexts...