TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,James
TI  - London transport: a hybrid in history 19051948 
T2  - Frontiers of management history
SN  - 9781789739534 (e-book)
AV  - HE4719.L66 F69 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Bingley, U.K.
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - London Transport Executive
KW  - Local transit
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Business & Economics
KW  - Corporate & Business History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History of specific companies, corporate history
KW  - bicssc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was a unique hybrid public body accountable only to a small number of stakeholders, yet it delivered substantial improvements in public services and provided good working conditions for its employees at the cost of its investors. London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905-48 innovatively combines a revisionist historical narrative with a systematic analysis of quantitative and qualitative research to explore how and why the LPTB achieved rare popularity amongst its customers. Divided into three sections, the book explores the financial operations of the Board, the Board as a system of governance and the leadership and management within the LPTB. Using the extensive Transport for London archives, James Fowler conducts a timely assessment of the public network utility that once made London transport domestically popular and internationally admired. With debates about British transport policy ongoing, this book is an illuminating read for scholars and students researching within the areas of business management history, transport and public sector governance and administration
UR  - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781789739534
ER  -