The reality of a business operation, the National Freight Corporation 1947-1982: a prosopographical view

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Little work has been done within the subgenus (or subfusc) levels of nationalised
\nindustries, including at the micro-levels of subsidiary operational nationalised businesses
\nin the nationalised road haulage sector. Additional research is required that would
\ncontribute to the re-siting of business history firmly within "current business issues and
\ntheoretical concerns" (Harvey 2004), and using a case by case analysis (Jenkins 2004),
\nconceptualising and evaluating operational performance. Pendleton (1997a; 1997b;
\n1997c) and Peat (2004) have initiated post-privatisation studies from an industrial
\nrelations viewpoint, and Jeremy (1998) situated an earlier examination of business and
\nthe state within a broader business history of Britain. Armstrong (2003) identified a
\nrange of companies involved in nationalised road transport operations, whilst Barker's
\n(1974a) transport histories of London Transport and economic history of UK tran

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