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British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings



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Autore: Wellings Fred Visualizza persona
Titolo: British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
Disciplina: 338.4769080941
728.0941
Soggetto topico: Construction industry - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Housing development - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Housing - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: British Housebuilders; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Part I THE SUPPLY SIDE; 1 Introduction; The book's structure; What is the speculative housebuilding industry?; Sources of information; Published literature; Company and accounting data; Unpublished information; Interviews; Methodology; Measuring corporate size; Houses are not homogeneous; Social housing is included in the more recent unit numbers; 2 The Pre-war Housebuilders; Introduction; The private housing market; A pre-World War I background; Industry context; Building to rent; Which firms built the houses?
Inclusivity of the dataA local business; The influence of local authority housebuilding; 3 War and Building Controls; Introduction; The collapse of speculative housebuilding; Wartime construction; Peacetime controls; The response of the 1930s housebuilders to post-war controls; 4 The Post-war Housing Boom 1955-1973; Introduction; The private housing market; Which firms built the houses?; The period around 1960; Mid-1960s; Pre-1974; The emergence of the regional housebuilder; 5 Recession and Recovery, 1973-1988; Introduction; The private housing market ... the collapse
Which firms built the houses?The private housing market - recovery; Which firms built the houses?; The emergence of the national housebuilder; 6 Recession and Recovery Again, 1989-2004; Introduction; The private housing market - the collapse; Which firms built the houses?; The private housing market - recovery; Which firms built the houses?; The era of the national housebuilder; 7 Market Share Through the Century: a Summary; A note on the NHBC data; A note on overseas comparisons; Part II ANALYSIS; 8 Who Were the Builders?; Introduction; The dominant individual within the housebuilding firm
The housebuilders - pre-warThe housebuilders - the post-war boom; The housebuilders in the late 1980s; The housebuilders in the 1990s; 9 The Rationale for Growth: the Economies that Accrue to Size; Introduction; Ease of entry; Scale - the economies of the large site; Technological change; Scope - the economies of the large firm; Land acquisition and finance; Marketing economies; Purchasing; Diseconomies of scale; Do large companies earn superior rewards? A statistical comparison; 10 The Decline of the Private Housebuilder: a Chronology; Introduction; The pre-war housebuilders; The early 1970s
The late 1980s11 Decline: an Overview; Introduction; Succession; Family succession; Managerial succession; Relay succession; Focus versus diversification; Housebuilding and construction; Housebuilding and commercial property; Housing and conglomerates; Overseas housing; Demand and the housing cycle; 12 An Alternative Explanation of Growth; Introduction; The financial incentive; Because it is there; The importance of not making mistakes: the pool of survivors; Appendix: Quoted Company Departures, 1937-2004; Bibliography; Index; General; Companies; People
Sommario/riassunto: This examination of the development of the private housebuilding industry from the 1930s to the present day analyses the supply side of the industry, and gives the first comprehensive account of the corporate history of the 20th century housing industry in the UK.
Titolo autorizzato: British housebuilders  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-74890-7
9786610748907
0-470-76457-0
0-470-75796-5
1-4051-7165-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910143297303321
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