Coping with Recession
UK Company Performance in Adversity
Paul Gregg author Paul A Geroski author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:2nd Oct '97
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This book contains original research, examining how companies cope with recessionary pressures.
The most contentious events in recent British economic history are the recession following the Lawson boom, and the slump of the early 1980s. Surveying over 600 of the UK's leading companies, Geroski and Gregg examine the affects of the recession on company performance. Their work is a must for all students of applied economics.The text examines how companies cope with the pressures which are unleashed by recessions. It is based on a large scale survey undertaken in the spring of 1993 which involved the participation of more than 600 leading UK companies. The questionnaire data was combined with a long enough time-series of data on the financial performance of most of the companies to enable us to trace effects left over from the recession in the early 1980s. The main issues examined in the book are: what makes companies vulnerable to recessionary pressures? How do companies typically respond to these pressures? How have recessionary pressures been transmitted back into labour markets and what kinds of institutional changes have they induced? Finally, do recessionary pressures stimulate innovative activity?
ISBN: 9780521626019
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 14mm
Weight: 320g
216 pages