Shepherd, A orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-3929 and Toms, S orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-7828 (2019) Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Business Philanthropy: Cotton Textiles in the British Industrial Revolution. Business History Review, 93 (3). pp. 503-527. ISSN 0007-6805
Abstract
The paper analyses the relationship between entrepreneurial philanthropy and the competitive process. Competitive conditions interacted significantly with entrepreneurial responses to ethical problems posed by the rapid emergence of factory production following the British industrial revolution. Entrepreneurs’ attitudes to regulation and the labor process are used to identify the major differences and similarities in competitive behavior. These variations are explored using nineteenth century case studies highlighting examples of philanthropy and competitive behavior. The analysis leads to a typology, which shows that entrepreneurial philanthropic behavior is conditioned by business strategy variables; specifically combinations of technological and labor resources controlled by individual entrepreneurs and their businesses.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2019 . All rights reserved. This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form in Business History Review (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680519000692). This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | British Industrial Revolution; cotton textile industry; business regulation; entrepreneurship; philanthropy; business ethics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Accounting & Finance Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2019 11:55 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2019 13:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0007680519000692 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141696 |