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.

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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.

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

• 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.

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  • Consequences 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Public Transport 100%
  • Policy 66%
  • Evidence 66%
  24 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.

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  • Analysis 100%
  • Ecology 66%
  • Specific Industry 66%
  • Economics 66%
  • Textiles 66%
  85 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Introduction: Elites and Power after Financialization

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

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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

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  • Banking 100%
  • Business Model 40%
  • Paper 20%
  • Competitive Market 20%
  • Model Analysis 20%
  1359 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.

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

• 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

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  • City 100%
  • Shape 14%
  • View 14%
  • Economy 14%
  • Housing 14%
  341 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

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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.

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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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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  • 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.

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  • Finance 100%
  • Innovation 33%
  • Explanation 33%
  • Financial Crisis 33%
  • Knowledge 33%
  207 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.

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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.

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

  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
• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

  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

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• Democratisation of finance and financial literacy

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

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• 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%

• 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

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• 2004

  Corporate governance and disappointment

  Leaver, A., Erturk, I., Froud, J., Johal, S. & Williams, K., Oct 2004, In: Review of International Political Economy. 11, 4, p. 677-713 36 p.

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

  • Corporate Governance 100%
  • Governance 25%
  • USA 18%
  • Shareholder 18%
  • Shareholders 18%

• The temptation of Houston: A case study of financialisation

  Froud, J., Johal, S., Papazian, V. & Williams, K., Aug 2004, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 15, 6-7, p. 885-909 24 p.

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

  • Financialization 100%
  • Governance 50%
  • Company 50%
  • Failure 50%
  • Economics 50%
• 2003

  Enron: A Case Study in Financialisation

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2003, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting.

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• 2002

  Cars After Financialisation: a case study in financial under-performance, constraints and consequences

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2002, In: Competition and Change. 7(1)

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• Financialisation and the Coupon Pool

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2002, In: Capital And Class. 78, p. 119-151

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• Heaven and Hell: the micro experience and macro dynamics of inequality

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2002, In: Journal of Industrial Relations. 44, 1, p. 62-87

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• 2001

  Accumulation under conditions of inequality

  Froud, J., Johal, S., Haslam, C. & Williams, K., Mar 2001, In: Review of International Political Economy. 8, 1, p. 66-95 29 p.

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

  • Inequality 100%
  • USA 75%
  • Retirement 50%
  • Savings 50%
  • Accumulation 50%

• A new business model? The capital market and the new economy

  Feng, H., Froud, J., Johal, S., Haslam, C. & Williams, K., Nov 2001, In: Economy and Society. 30, 4, p. 467-503 36 p.

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

  • Market 100%
  • Business 40%
  • Company 40%
  • Finance 40%
  • New Economy 40%

• Business as usual

  Williams, K., Nov 2001, In: Economy and Society. 30, 4, p. 399-411 12 p.

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

  • New Economy 100%
  • Business 25%
  • Economic and Social Development 25%
  • Perspective 25%
  • Europe 25%

• Finanzialisierung und ihre Folgen

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2001, In: Kurswechsel. 2

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• Kurswechsel

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2001, In: Unknown Journal.

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• Not Enough Money: The resources and choices of the motoring poor

  Froud, J., Williams, K., Haslam, C., Leaver, A. & Johal, S., 2001, In: Competition and Change. 6, 1, p. 95-111

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• 2000

  Representing the Household: In and After Income Accounting

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2000, In: Auditing and Accountability Journal. 13, 4

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

• Restructuring for shareholder value and its implications for labour

  Williams, K., Froud, J., Williams, K., Johal, S. & Haslam, C., 2000, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 24, 6, p. 771-797 26 p.

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

  • Restructuring 100%
  • Work 50%
  • Labour 50%
  • Shareholder Value 25%
  • Capitalism 25%

• Shareholder Value and Financialisation Consultancy Promises, Management Moves

  Froud, J. & Williams, K., 2000, In: Economy and Society. 29, 1

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