Provides a highly flattering study of the origins and rise of a successful British manufacturing company. Chapters cover the company's original pharmacy business in Hull, 1856-96; family enterprise; the development of the health care market, 1850-1939; growth and diversification; strategy and structure between the two world wars; health care since 1940; cosmetics; textile developments; research, pharmaceuticals, and plastics; overseas operations, 1906-80; finance, management, and philanthropy; and globalization. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
