The Role of Governments in Markets: Interventions and Unexpected Consequences in Industrial History

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John F. Wilson (Northumbria University, UK) Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK)

The Role of Governments in Markets

Interventions and Unexpected Consequences in Industrial History

John F. Wilson (Northumbria University, UK), Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK), Ian Jones (Northumbria University)

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Routledge
29 September 2025

Business & management; Management & management techniques; Personnel & human resources management; Operational research

Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on government intervention and unexpected consequences in industrial history.

With contributions on organisational structure, the quality of corporate governance, protectionism, the shareholder value model, and economic nationalism, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.

Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

Edited by: John F. Wilson (Northumbria University UK), Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK), Ian Jones (Northumbria University)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032052984
ISBN 10: 1032052988
Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 29 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University at Newcastle, UK. He has published widely in the fields of business, management and industrial history, including ten monographs, six edited collections and over seventy articles and chapters. Steven Toms spent fifteen years in senior management at Nottingham University, UK, as head of the undergraduate programme, chair of teaching committee and research director before becoming Head of York Management School in 2004. Ian Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK.