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British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings
| British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings |
| Autore | Wellings Fred |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.4769080941
728.0941 |
| Collana | Real estate issues |
| 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. |
| 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 | eng |
| 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is the speculative housebuilding industry?; Sources of information; Published literature; Company and accounting data; Unpublished information; Interviews; Methodology; Measuring corporate size; Houses are not homogeneous; Social housing is included in the more recent unit numbers; 2 The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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143297303321 |
Wellings Fred
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| Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings
| British housebuilders [[electronic resource] ] : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings |
| Autore | Wellings Fred |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.4769080941
728.0941 |
| Collana | Real estate issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Construction industry - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Housing development - Great Britain - History - 20th century Housing - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996213070603316 |
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Wellings Fred
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| Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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British housebuilders : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings
| British housebuilders : history & analysis / / Fred Wellings |
| Autore | Wellings Fred |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.4769080941 |
| Collana | Real estate issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Construction industry - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Housing development - Great Britain - History - 20th century Housing - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877844203321 |
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Wellings Fred
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| Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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