A Family Firm becomes a Public Company: Changes at Pilkington Brothers Limited in the Interwar Years

T. C. Barker

Chapter 4 in Management Strategy and Business Development, 1976, pp 85-94 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract My title is strictly — and intentionally — incorrect. Pilkington had ceased to be a partnership in 1894. The company then formed never offered any of its shares to the general public until 1970. Yet I have chosen this title because, from the management point of view, Pilkington Brothers Limited continued to manifest the features of a family firm until 1931 when, unable to stand the strain any longer, a major reorganisation occurred which took the company in one great leap a considerable way along the road towards its ultimate Chandlerian destination of head office and operating divisions.

Keywords: Family Firm; Family Business; Executive Committee; Sheet Glass; Head Office (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03051-4_5

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