Hornby, the company that systematically gave the world Meccano, Hornby Dublo electric trains, Dinky Toys and Scalextric, remains an independent British company a century after it was started by entrepreneur Frank Hornby in Liverpool. This is something of a rarity in the UK toy industry, which...

This short case study looks at changes in strategy and structure at the BTA at the end of the 1980's. It is designed firstly to illustrate the environment- values-resources model and its applicability for providing a framework to examine change pressures and implications; and secondly to explore...