Britain's Economic Performance

by Buxton, Tony; Chapman, Paul G.; Temple, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780415108720
• ISBN10: 0415108721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables
Notes on the contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Political Handicap	p. 9
Overview: Understanding Britain's Economic Performance: The Role of International Trade	p. 31
The Competitiveness of UK Manufactured Exports	p. 57
The Evolution of UK Trading Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Industry	p. 76
Overview: The Foundations of Competitiveness: Investment and Innovation	p. 101
The Case of Fixed Investment	p. 128
Research and Development and Trading Performance	p. 144
Investing in Skills: Training Policy in the UK	p. 160
Profits and Economic Performance	p. 176
Overview: Capital and Control: City-Industry Relations	p. 193
The Stock Market and Problems of Corporate Control in the UK	p. 215
Overview: The UK Labour Market	p. 267
The Question of Pay	p. 287
The Changing Structure of Training Provision	p. 308
Overview: The Agents of Change: Notes on the Developing Division of Labour	p. 345
Does Manufacturing Matter?	p. 373
Thatcherism and Technical Advance - Reform Without Progress?	p. 397
Index	p. 430
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