Industrial Management: Volume 71 Issue 3/4
Table of contents
Cutting export travel costs
COMPANIES ARE BEING URGED to go hunting for export orders, but cannot afford to send men abroad. Airlines are in such a bad way, some staring at bankruptcy, because they cannot…
Slamming the backdoor on inflation
FACED WITH A RISING TIDE of price increases made by major suppliers of goods and materials, my company, along with a lot of others, decided in December that it would have to raise…
A good deal in small turnover
Metalrax (Holdings) are a small company in terms of both turnover and profits, but their spread of activities is wide and trading is carried out through 18 actively trading…
Plotting a new dimension
Pearce WrightA scale plan of Nelson's Victory has been made by taking a photograph of the ship. Describing the workings of the complex photogrammetric process in such a basic way is perhaps to…
Trans‐Atlantic cash ignores Ford boycott
An American in London — John T. Gurash, of the giant INA corporation, is planning a multi‐million investment here and in Europe. The flow of dollars has not been halted by gloomy…
Beyond the $1·5 billion signing‐dreams of a second ‘Japan’
Britain's Lord Strathalmond puts his signature to the document that ended the momentous OPEC negotiations. John Lawless, in Tehran for the talks, interviews the Shah of Persia and…
Profits drop in global oil rush
The world's dependence on oil is now alarmingly high. The new strength of the producer countries is forcing the companies to borrow money to prospect on a massive scale. Richard…
Water stocks reach danger low
Sacheverel Bateman's home will end up under water if unspoilt Tattingstone Valley is flooded for a reservoir. Over the country conservationists have proved too strong and the…
The Beau Strategist
With interests varying from Wimbledon tennis programmes to muckshifting, Hanson Trust is the true conglomerate. Ken Gooding talks to its debonair chairman, James Hanson, who runs…
Exporting beyond the smoky zone
There is more to West Germany than the industrialized north. Exporters should examine carefully the less exploited and more promising south. Lesley Bernstein reports.
Banks compete in credit tussle
With British banking roused to the importance of diversification and competition, its relations with industry are being strengthened. Michael Blanden of the Financial Times…
Riding the cycle of violence
Keith MayesCalvin Coolidge first brought himself to national attention when, as Governor of Massachusetts, he denounced a strike by Boston police: “There is no right to strike against the…
The compleat sportsman
The day a record size blue marlin nearly dragged Sir Charles Forte into the Indian Ocean might well be scoffed at as another fisherman's exaggeration. But any conversation with…