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Ossified or Dynamic? Structure, Markets and the Competitive Process in the British Business System of the Nineteenth Century

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This article challenges an interpretation of early and mid-Victorian business history which has emphasised the damaging effects observable during the late nineteenth century of a prior ossification of the industrial structure and of an associated lack of entrepreneurial vigour or aspiration towards growth. By focusing upon process rather than structure, the article underlines the intensity of competition in markets and innovative developments in marketing products regardless of the size, ownership and control of business enterprises.

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  • Roy Church, 2000. "Ossified or Dynamic? Structure, Markets and the Competitive Process in the British Business System of the Nineteenth Century," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 1-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:42:y:2000:i:1:p:1-20
    DOI: 10.1080/00076790000000172
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    1. Lepore, Amedeo, 2012. "New research methods of business history," MPRA Paper 36952, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Roger Burt, 2003. "Freemasonry and business networking during the Victorian period," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 56(4), pages 657-688, November.
    3. Parker, Lee D., 2014. "Corporate social accountability through action: Contemporary insights from British industrial pioneers," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 39(8), pages 632-659.
    4. Robin Pearson & David Richardson, 2003. "Business networking in the industrial revolution: riposte to some comments," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 56(2), pages 362-368, May.
    5. John F. Wilson & Andrew Popp, 2003. "Business networking in the industrial revolution: some comments," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 56(2), pages 355-361, May.

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