Queen's University Centre for Economic History Workshop 2013

Innovation and Incentives in Business and Economic History
One-day workshop, 27 June 2013

Welcome (09:15-09:30) 

• John Turner (QUB)

Session 1 (09:30-11:00) 
Chair: Christopher Coyle (QUB)

• Graeme Acheson (Stirling), 'Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain' 
• Steve Toms (Leeds), 'The cotton industry in the industrial revolution: Finance and profitability' 

11:00-11:30 Coffee

Session 2 (11:30-13:00) 
Chair: Chris Colvin (QUB) 

• James Dowey (LSE), 'Access to knowledge and the British industrial revolution: An empirical analysis'
• Tom Nicholas (HBS), 'Did bank distress stifle innovation during the Great Depression?'

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Session 3 (14:00-16:30) 
Chair: Matthias Beck (QUB) 

• Kevin Tennent (York), 'Management and competitive advantage in the public transport industry: York Corporation Tramways c.1909-1934'
• Graham Brownlow (QUB), 'Back to the failure: An Analytic narrative on the DeLorean debacle'

15:30-15:45 Coffee

• Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo (Bangor), 'Cash & dash: ATMs and the construction of the modern retail payments ecosystem'