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A British Business Elite: The Chief Executive Managers of the Railway Industry, 1850-1922

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  • Gourvish, Terence R.

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An examination of the chief executives of leading British railways from 1850 through 1922 indicates that they emerged from predominantly upper-middle and upper class origins, and that they represented a new kind of bureaucratic business elite which enjoyed rising incomes and growing social status. In addition, available evidence reveals nothing to suggest that “executive immobility†was characteristic of British railway management, or that the railways were particularly inefficient or unprogressive in their choice of senior managers.

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  • Gourvish, Terence R., 1973. "A British Business Elite: The Chief Executive Managers of the Railway Industry, 1850-1922," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 289-316, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:47:y:1973:i:03:p:289-316_02
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