Research based on a series of interviews, which first took place in 1988, with directors who lead some of the UK’s largest listed companies, including Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, and Prudential. The research spans a period of significant change for British business, predating the first code of governance practice for UK companies, through to the present global economic crisis.Funded by the ESRC under grant numbers WF 2925 0020 (1987-89), R 000236868
(1998-00) and RES-062-23-0782 (2009-2011
