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Buyer-Supplier Relations and Changes in Industrial Organization

In: Transforming Buyer-Supplier Relations

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  • Jonathan Morris

    (Cardiff Business School)

  • Rob Imrie

    (University of London)

Abstract

By the mid-1980s, many commentators on the British economy were in agreement that British industry was in the process of a series of major changes in managerial styles and strategies, industrial relations, and associated working practices. The Treasury’s Economic Progress Report (1986) was typical in noting the Government’s intent on encouraging the development of ‘an enterprise culture and a more flexible and responsive economy’. This political agenda has incorporated a number of enabling measures, including the deregulation of private capital, the privatization of significant parts of the public sector, and the introduction of commercial criteria into residual state sector activities. These changes have occurred alongside a major restructuring of industrial production, work and employment, with the emergence of new forms of flexible economic and labour organization, characterized by a diverse range of new technologies, products, and services (Boyer, 1987; Jones, 1988; Martin, 1988; Wood, 1989).

Suggested Citation

  • Jonathan Morris & Rob Imrie, 1992. "Buyer-Supplier Relations and Changes in Industrial Organization," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Transforming Buyer-Supplier Relations, chapter 1, pages 1-18, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-11200-5_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11200-5_1
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