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English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980

José Harris, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1983 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 1, pp 130
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This article is published in Technology and Culture.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 701 citations till now.

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Linking Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize disparate strands of literature to link entrepreneurship to economic growth by investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth using elements of various fields: historical views on entrepreneurship, macroeconomic growth theory, industrial economics (Porter's competitive advantage of nations), evolutionary economics, history of economic growth (rise and fall of nations) and the management literature on large corporate organizations.
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Towards a critical understanding of accounting: The case of cost accounting in the U.K., 1914–1925☆

TL;DR: This paper examined the interplay between knowledge, techniques, institutions and occupational claims in management accounting during the First World War and immediately following years in the UK during the immediate following years, and found that this provided an ideal context for considering one part of the genealogy of management accounting.
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Financializing space, spacing financialization:

TL;DR: In this article, a sympathetic geographical critique of the concept of financialization is presented, which seeks to account for the growing influence of financial markets over the unfolding of economy, polity and society.
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English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980.

TL;DR: Martin Wiener as mentioned in this paper explores the English ambivalence to modern industrial society and reveals a pervasive middle-and upper-class frame of mind hostile to industrialism and economic growth.