Collection search - Bata, Thomas J. - Interview
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Record information – Brief Bata, Thomas J. - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1988-11-24Item number (ISN):267438Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:SINCLAIR, SonjaAccession:1997-0312Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1988-11-24Release date:1988-11-24Production company:Sonja Sinclair (Interviewer)Description:Thomas Bata talks about: protectionism in Switzerland and the United States in the 1930s; should citizens of enemy occupied country stay or try to escape political developments and economic conditions in Chile under Allende and Pinochet; recruiting demobilized service men after World War II; capable management team assembled by Bata Development Limited in London (England); 50,000 pounds sterling to rescue Bata company in Kenya; advantages of sterling area - in Africa and south-east Asia; expanded retail chain in Britain and France; postwar reluctance to invest in Germany where they should have acquired best sites; and management by walking around being essential in production of customer goods. <110mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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