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    • Deconstructing car assembler productivity 

      Williams, Karel; Haslam, Colin; Williams, John; Johal, S. (1994-06-01)
      Two generations later in history, social science and management the question is not whether to measure but how to measure and how to evaluate the results of measurement. This paper aims to make a contribution to this debate: ...
    • A new business model? The capital market and the new economy 

      Feng, H.; Froud, J.; Johal, S.; Haslam, C.; Williams, K. (2001)
      This paper uses the concepts of business model and financial ecosystem to analyse the relation between the US capital market and corporate business. Under a capital market double standard, from 1995 to 2000, new companies ...
    • Restructuring for shareholder value and its implications for labour 

      Froud, J.; Haslam, Colin; Johal, S.; Williams, K. (2000-01-01)
      This paper provides an accounting analysis of the implications for labour of restructuring for shareholder value. It presents argument and evidence from the UK which suggests that activity-specific limits on cost recovery ...
    • Shareholder Value and Financialization : Consultancy Promises, Management Moves 

      Froud, Julie; Haslam, Colin; Johal, S.; Williams, Karel (Routledge, 2005)
      Although shareholder value is the mantra that jumps out from the pages of the daily financial press, it is often a loosely defined and rhetorical concept, subject to little empirical study. It is also a powerful concept, ...
    • Sinking ships? Liberal theorists on the American economy 

      Froud, J.; Haslam, Colin; Shaoul, J.; Williams, Karel; Johal, S. (1996-01-01)
      In the Asia-Pacific region, the conditions and consequences of East Asian success have understandably attracted more attention than the causes and implications of North American failure. In the American case, any failure ...