The separation of ownership and control in the modern cooperation had given rise to extensive theoretical and practical speculation about the economic efficiency and managerial effectiveness of today's large public cooperation. In the case of 10 UK buyouts, studied here a platform is presented to understand positive effect of reintegrating ownership and control and to examine what by contrast has accounted for the successful performance of these companies past buy-outs.
List of Tables - List of Figures - Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - The Magic in Management Buyouts - The Stone Story - The Metsec Story - The Jacoa Story - The John Collier Story - The Trend Control Story - March Concrete - Ownership, Managerial Motivation and Cultural Change - Structure, Strategy and the MBO Lifecycle - Bibliography - Index