Reassessing the Role of Management in the Golden Age An Internationa

This book provides a critical reassessment of the role of the public sector during the Golden Age in both advanced and emerging economies. Contributions focus on a major player in the setting of mixed economies: the top managers of state-owned enterprises

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REASSESSING THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT IN THE GOLDEN AGE An International Comparison of Public Sector Managers 1945–1975

Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy

General Editor: Gustavo Piga

Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy Series Editor Gustavo Piga Economia e Istituzioni Tor Vergata University Rome, Italy

Daniela Felisini Editor

Reassessing the Role of Management in the Golden Age An International Comparison of Public Sector Managers 1945–1975

Editor Daniela Felisini Department of History, Humanities and Society University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Rome, Italy

Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy ISBN 978-3-319-48721-2    ISBN 978-3-319-48722-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48722-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017931972 © Servizio Italiano Pubblicazioni Internazionali 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

Introduction   1 Daniela Felisini  tate and Enterprise: The Case of SOEs in Europe in the Twentieth S Century   9 Franco Amatori  e Boards of UK Nationalised Industries and Their Members Th c.1950–c.1979  17 Neil Rollings  e Managerial Revolution in Italy. The Managers of IRI Th (1945–1970)  39 Daniela Felisini  wo Lives Both Parallel and Divergent: Pasquale Saraceno and  T Giorgio Fuà  57 Franco Amatori  rench Public Sector Managers 1945–1975: Modernization F Without Miracle  65 Patrick Fridenson

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 ASOL. From State-Owned Enterprise to Chemical Leader: S Management and Strategy, 1952–1980  87 Grietjie Verhoef  e Role of Military Managers in State-­Owned Companies in  Th Argenti