Karel Williams

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• 2020

  (How) does productivity matter in the foundational economy?

  Froud, J., Haslam, C., Johal, S. & Williams, K., 20 Sep 2020, In: Local Economy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Approach 100%
  • Productivity 62%
  • Economic Systems 50%
  • Economy 50%
  • Policy 25%
  268 Downloads (Pure)

• Diversity in leading and laggard regions: living standards, residual income and regional policy

  Calafati, L., Froud, J., Haslam, C., Johal, S. & Williams, K., 13 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Region 100%
  • Income 62%
  • Cost 37%
  • Housing 37%
  • Residual Income 37%

• Planning with Citizenship: An Idea Whose Time has Come in Greater Manchester?

  Froud, J., Hodson, M., Johal, S., Wei, H. & Williams, K., Sep 2020

  Research output: Other contribution

• The imaginary of the city versus messy realities

  Stafford, A., Stapleton, P., Wei, H. & Williams, K., 16 Jan 2020, In: Financial Accountability & Management. 36, 3, p. 244-260 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Consequences 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Public Transport 100%
  • Policy 66%
  • Evidence 66%
  26 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Capabilities and habitat in industrial renewal: the case of UK textiles

  Froud, J., Hayes, S., Wei, H. & Williams, K., 20 Sep 2018, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 42, 6, p. 1643-1669 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Analysis 100%
  • Ecology 66%
  • Specific Industry 66%
  • Economics 66%
  • Textiles 66%
  85 Downloads (Pure)

• Foundational Economy: The Infrastructure of Everyday Life

  The Foundational Economy Collective, Froud, J., Johal, S., Moran, M., Salento, A. & Williams, K., Sep 2018, Manchester: Manchester University Press. 208 p. (Manchester Capitalism)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 2017

  Avoiding 'back to the future' policies by reforming the 'foundational economy'

  Moran, M. & Williams, K., 20 Jan 2017, Alternatives to neo-liberalism: Towards equality and democracy. Jones, B. & O@Donnell, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 175-92 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• COMING BACK? Capability and Precarity in UK Textiles and Apparel

  Froud, J., Hayes, S., Wei, H. & Williams, K., 1 May 2017, Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. 137 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • UK 100%
  • Potential 50%
  • Strategy 50%
  • Capabilities 50%
  • Economic Systems 50%

• Introduction: Elites and Power after Financialization

  Davis, A. & Williams, K., 2017, In: Theory, Culture & Society: explorations in critical social science .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Financialization 100%
  • Capitalism 33%
  • Elite 33%
  • Understanding 16%
  • Time 16%
  107 Downloads (Pure)

• It is the business model... Reframing the problems of UK retail banking

  Froud, J., Tischer, D. & Williams, K., Jan 2017, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 42, p. 1-19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Banking 100%
  • Business Model 40%
  • Paper 20%
  • Competitive Market 20%
  • Model Analysis 20%
  1360 Downloads (Pure)

• Outsourcing the state: new sources of elite power

  Froud, J., Johal, S., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Sep 2017, In: Theory, Culture & Society: explorations in critical social science . 34, 5-6, p. 77-101 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Outsourcing 100%
  • Contract Law 66%
  • Paper 66%
  • Ruling Class 66%
  • Company 33%
  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Reconceptualizing financial innovation: frame, conjuncture, bricolage

  Engelen, E., Erturk, I., Froud, J., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., 2017, The Routledge Companion to Banking Regulation and Reform. Erturk, I. & Gabor, D. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 111-134

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The grounded city: from competitivity to the foundational economy

  Engelen, E., Froud, J., Johal, S., Salento, A. & Williams, K., 30 Aug 2017, In: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 10, 3, p. 407–423

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • City 100%
  • Shape 14%
  • View 14%
  • Economy 14%
  • Housing 14%
  344 Downloads (Pure)

• Trade associations, narrative and elite power

  Bowman, A., Froud, J., Johal, S. & Williams, K., 1 Sep 2017, In: Theory, Culture & Society: explorations in critical social science . 34, 5-6, p. 103-126

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Narrative 100%
  • Ruling Class 100%
  • Trade Association 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Banking 100%
  131 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Breaking the Constitutional Silence: the Public Services Industry and Government

  Johal, S., Moran, M. & Williams, K., 1 Jul 2016, In: The Political Quarterly. 87, 3, p. 389-397 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Age 100%
  • Analysis 50%
  • Outsourcing 50%
  • Examinations 50%
  • Enterprise 50%
  31 Downloads (Pure)

• Multiple economies (before and after Brexit)

  Froud, J., Johal, S. & Williams, K., 19 Nov 2016, (Accepted/In press) In: Socio-Economic Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2015

  Reframing Industrial Policy

  Bowman, A., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Williams, K., Bailey, D. (ed.), Cowling, K. (ed.) & Tomlinson, P. (ed.), 2015, New Perspectives on Industrial Policy for a Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 60-78

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• What a waste: Outsourcing and how it goes wrong

  Bowman, A., Williams, K., Ertürk, I., Folkman, P., Froud, J., Haslam, C., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Moran, M. & Tsitsianis, N., Oct 2015, !st ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (Manchester Capitalism)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Research 100%
  • Outsourcing 100%
  • Business 66%
  • Books 66%
  • Interest 66%

• What Wales could be

  Brill, L., Cowie, L., Folkman, P., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Sep 2015, Manchester: Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. (CRESC report for Federation of Small Businesses (Wales))

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Welsh Government 100%
  • Policy 50%
  • Understanding 50%
  • Problem 50%
  • Welsh 50%
• 2014

  Just the facts: on the success of Piketty's Capital

  Engelen, E. & Williams, K., Aug 2014, In: Environment and Planning A. 46, 8, p. 1771-1777 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Power, politics and the City of London after the Great Financial Crisis

  Johal, S., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Jul 2014, In: Government and Opposition. 49, 3, p. 400-425 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Strategy 100%
  • Decision 66%
  • Control 66%
  • Financial Crisis 66%
  • London 33%

• The end of the experiment? From competition to the foundational economy

  Leaver, A., Bowman, A., Ertürk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Law, J., Moran, M. & Williams, K., May 2014, 1st ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (The Manchester Capitalism Book Series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Experiments 100%
  • Books 75%
  • Policy 50%
  • Competition 50%
  • Economy 50%
• 2013

  (How) do devices matter in Finance?

  Ertürk, I., Froud, J., Leaver, A., Johal, S. & Williams, K., 2013, In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 6, 3, p. 336-352 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Finance 100%
  • Elite 100%
  • Innovation 66%
  • Conceptualization 66%
  • Capitalism 66%

• Opportunist dealing in the UK pig meat supply chain: Trader mentalities and alternatives

  Bowman, A., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Dec 2013, In: Accounting Forum. 37, 4, p. 300-314 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Supply Chain Management 100%
  • Supermarket 62%
  • Meat 50%
  • Problem 37%
  • Alternative 25%

• Unsustainable employment portfolios

  Buchanan, J., Dymski, G., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Jun 2013, In: Work, Employment and Society. 27, 3, p. 396-413 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Occupations 16%
  • Economy 16%
  • Policy 8%
  • Work 8%
• 2012

  Accounting for national success and failure: Rethinking the UK case

  Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Mar 2012, In: Accounting Forum. 36, 1, p. 5-17 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Economics 100%
  • Measure 75%
  • Success 75%
  • Failure 50%
  • Conceptualization 50%

• Misrule of experts? The financial crisis as elite debacle

  Engelen, E., Ertürk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Aug 2012, In: Economy and Society. 41, 3, p. 360-382 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Finance 100%
  • Innovation 33%
  • Explanation 33%
  • Financial Crisis 33%
  • Knowledge 33%
  208 Downloads (Pure)

• Private equity and the concept of brittle trust

  Froud, J., Green, S. & Williams, K., Feb 2012, In: sociological review. 60, 1, p. 1-24 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Trust 100%
  • Conceptualization 50%
  • Business 33%
  • Understanding 33%
  • Transformation 33%
  104 Downloads (Pure)

• Stories and interests in finance: Agendas of governance before and after the financial crisis

  Froud, J., Nilsson, A., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Jan 2012, In: Governance. 25, 1, p. 35-59 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Crisis 100%
  • Financial Crisis 66%
  • Shapes 33%
  • Regulation 33%
  • Governance 33%
  139 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform

  Engelen, E., Williams, K., Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Moran, M. & Nilsson, A., Sep 2011, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

• Haldane's gambit: Political arithmetic and/or a new metaphor

  Erturk, I., Froud, J., Leaver, A., Moran, M. & Williams, K., Nov 2011, In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 4, 4, p. 387-404 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Finance 100%
  • Costs 75%
  • Conceptualization 50%
  • Innovation 25%
  • Work 25%
• 2010

  Hedge funds as 'war machine': Making the positions work

  Ertürk, I., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Mar 2010, In: New Political Economy. 15, 1, p. 9-28 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Funds 100%
  • Metaphor 57%
  • Economics 57%
  • Analogy 42%
  • Strategy 28%

• Reconceptualizing financial innovation: Frame, conjuncture and bricolage

  Engelen, E., Erturk, I., Froud, J., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Feb 2010, In: Economy and Society. 39, 1, p. 33-63 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Innovation 100%
  • Finance 33%
  • Bricolage 33%
  • Policy 16%
  • Perspective 16%
• 2009

  Narratives and the financialised firm

  Froud, J., Leaver, A., Johal, S., Nilsson, A. & Williams, K., 2009, In: Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 49, p. 288-476 188 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Narrative 100%
  • Enterprise 40%
  • Performance 20%
  • Capitalism 20%
  • Shapes 10%

• Stressed by choice: A business model analysis of the BBC

  Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A., Phillips, R. & Williams, K., Jun 2009, In: British Journal of Management. 20, 2, p. 252-264 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Model 100%
  • Legislation 40%
  • Specific Industry 40%
  • Stakeholders 40%
  • Paper 40%
• 2008

  Art for art's sake or selling up?

  Faulkner, S., Leaver, A., Vis, F. & Williams, K., Sep 2008, In: European Journal of Communication. 23, 3, p. 295-317 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Producers 100%
  • Producer 100%
  • Change 66%
  • Copyright Law 66%
  • Art for art's sake 66%

• Corporate governance and impossibilism

  Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., 2008, In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 1, 2, p. 109-28 80 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Everything for sale: How non-executive directors make a difference: how non executive directors make a difference

  Froud, J., Leaver, A., Tampubolon, G. & Williams, K., May 2008, Sociological Review|Sociol. Rev.. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Vol. 56. p. 162-186 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Financialization at Work: Key Texts and Comentary

  Williams, K., Erturk, I., Froud, J. & Leaver, A., 2008, London: Routledge.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

• Remembering Elites

  Williams, K. & Savage, M., 2008, Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
• 2007

  Against agency: A positional critique

  Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Feb 2007, In: Economy and Society. 36, 1, p. 51-77 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Paper 100%
  • Shareholder 100%
  • Shareholders 100%
  • Investors 100%
  • Groups 50%

• New actors in a financialised economy and the remaking of capitalism

  Froud, J., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Sep 2007, In: New Political Economy. 12, 3, p. 339-347 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Private equity and the culture of value extraction

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., Sep 2007, In: New Political Economy. 12, 3, p. 405-420 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Working for themselves? Capital market intermediaries and present day capitalism

  Folkman, P., Froud, J., Johal, S. & Williams, K., Jul 2007, In: Business History. 49, 4, p. 552-572 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Capitalism 100%
  • Groups 83%
  • Restructuring 66%
  • Market 50%
  • Economy 50%
• 2005

  Branded Capitalism: a cultural economy approach to financialisation

  Leaver, A., Froud, J., Johal, S., Williams, K. & Erturk, I., 2005, 13th GERPISA International Colloquium, 'Productive Organisations, Employment Relationships and Financialisation: Specificities of the Automotive Industry'.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Corporate Governance for Shareholder Value or Management Enrichment? (translated into French La gouvernance d'enterprise au service de la valeuractionnariale ou de l'enrichissement des dirigeants?)

  Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., 2005, In: A Contrario. 2, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Democratisation of finance and financial literacy

  Ertürk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., 2005, In: Kurswechsel. 3, p. 42-54

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Different worlds of motoring: Choice, constraint and risk in household consumption

  Froud, J., Johal, S., Leaver, A. & Williams, K., Feb 2005, In: sociological review. 53, 1, p. 96-128 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • London 100%
  • Income 100%
  • Consumption 75%
  • Household 75%
  • Show 75%

• Shareholder Value and Financialization: Consultancy Promises, Management Moves

  Froud, J., Haslam, C., Johal, S., Williams, K. & Clarke, T. (ed.), 2005, Corporate Governance Volume 2 Anglo American Corporate Governance. Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Democratisation of Finance: promises, outcomes and conditions (translated into German Finanz-Demokratisierung und finanzielle Allgemeinbildung)

  Froud, J., Williams, K., Erturk, I., Johal, S. & Leaver, A., 2005, In: Kurswechsel. 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review