Corporate & Business History

Presents fifteen historical case studies of international cartels that include agricultural and mineral commodities, the machinery industry, telephone equipment, whiskey and cement. Draws together researchers from different nations to examine the impact...

Fortune called Asea Brown Boveri, the giant multinational corporation created in 1987, "the most successful cross-border merger since Royal Dutch linked up with Britain's Shell in 1907." The coming together of two longtime national champions in the...

British multinationals faced unprecedented challenges to their organizational legitimacy in the middle of the twentieth century as the European colonial empires were dismantled and institutional transformations changed colonial relationships in Africa...

Exploring the interplay of politics and commerce in one of the most dynamic periods of British history, this book traces the fortunes of the India and Eastern Trading Company Limited, established in 1906 to finance a jute plantation in Assam, north-east...

No Canadian company has fuelled as much speculation about its demise as A.V. Roe Canada Limited. When its name was erased off the corporate map in 1962, A.V. Roe's most ambitious undertakings - the Jetliner, the Iroquois Engine, and the Arrow - were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618126941Author NathanPage Count 348Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 448g

After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience, it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise deals with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615199563Author William Butler-AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 726g

Have you ever wondered why a leading regional brand of ice cream and tea calls itself Turkey Hill? Recalling more simplistic times when local milkmen made deliveries to the front door, Turkey Hill -- A Family Vision reveals the story behind a small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783593512464Author Hartmut BerghoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Campus VerlagPublisher Campus VerlagWeight(grams) 146g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250770929Author Alec RossFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Henry Holt & CompanyPublisher Henry Holt & CompanyWeight(grams) 155g

One of Canada's most successful homegrown buisnesses, Black's Photography grew from a single store to a national, and international, chain. Robert Black, the former Vice President, weaves his own, and his family's, story into the history of the company...

This lively, nontechnical book offers a positive reappraisal of the giant corporation. Hessen presents an uncompromising defense of the right of corporation to exist and function freely and outlines and examines the arguments and proposals of Ralph...

This book describes the entrepreneurial of a Chinese securities firm from the early 1990s, and reviews the 30-year history of China’s capital markets with a panoramic and coherent view of the birth and development of a securities institution. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250838971Author Jamie DuCharmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 137g

How a dominant magazine publisher developed the business of market researchHow a dominant magazine publisher developed the business of market researchAbout the AuthorDouglas Ward is an Assistant Professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism...

As statements of a company's financial condition, balance sheetscontain information vital to owners, investors, and financialmanagers who are charged with assessing company performance. Oftencomplex and difficult to interpret, balance sheets are...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the subject of knowledge management in industrial history. With contributions on knowledge management,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982132620Author Brad StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 121mm...

Research on the international transfer of technology in economics and management literature has primarily focused on the role of countries and that of companies, in particular multinational enterprises (MNEs). Similarly, economic and business historians...

The history of Casa Boker, one of the first department stores in Mexico City, and its German owners provides important insights into Mexican and immigration history. Often called 'the Sears of Mexico', Casa Boker has become over the past 140 years one of...

Northeast Utilities Company adopted an ambitious new competitive strategy in the mid-1980s, seeking to become the low-cost supplier in New England electric power markets bracing for deregulation. Given its high-cost nuclear facilities, doing so required...

In early twentieth-century China, Chen Diexian (1879-1940) was a maverick entrepreneur-at once a prolific man of letters and captain of industry, a magazine editor and cosmetics magnate. He tinkered with chemistry in his private studio, used local...

Italian cinema triumphed globally in the 1960, with directors such as Rossellini, Fellini, and Leone, and actors like Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni known to audiences around the world. But by the end of the 1980s, the Italian film industry was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789607254955Author Yannis MegasFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Kapon EditionsPublisher Kapon Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982126810Author Sarah FrierFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm...

The financial crisis of 2008 brought new urgency to the question how best to organise national economies. This volume gives a business history perspective on the Varieties of Capitalism debate and considers the respective merits of the liberal and...

In this unique, well-illustrated book, readers learn how fifty financial corporations came to dominate the U.S. banking system and their impact on the nation's political, social, and economic growth. A story that spans more than two centuries of war,...

Throughout the Twentieth Century, big business has been a basic institution. Large corporations have provided a fundamental contribution to the wealth of nations and, at the same time, have had a remarkable impact on the political and social systems...

This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey from the nineteenth century until the present. It aims to place the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative perspective,...

Recent research in business strategy suggests that corporate reputations are a valuable strategic asset for every company. Good reputations have been shown to help firms attain and sustain superior financial performance in their industry. This book...

Public procurement in the European Union represents almost twelve per cent of the EU's GDP and is continuing to increase, having been identified as a key objective in the EU's aim to become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. This book...

This edited volume offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Documenting developments in the US alongside case studies from Mexico and Europe, Technological Innovation in Retail Finance addresses the...

In this groundbreaking study, Oliver Zunz examines how the growth of corporations changedBook InformationISBN 9780226994604Author Olivier ZunzFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago...

Aluminium was one of most cartelised industries in the international economic panorama of the 20th century. Born following the discovery of electrolytic smelting process in 1886, this industry, even in its infancy, established a cartel which...

In contrast to widespread assessments that family enterprises lack sufficient resources and capabilities to go global, many family companies are competing successfully in an increasingly globalized business environment. Worldwide, a large number of...

These two volumes, Zenith Radio, The Glory Years, 1936-1945, tell the story and highlight the products of the Zenith Radio Corporation between the early years (1919-1935) and the end of World War II. History and Product begins with an exploration of the...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how British industrial firms achieved a competitive advantage. With contributions on industrial...

Jardine Matheson & Company is perhaps best known through James Clavell's Taipan. The firm played an important role in the founding of Hong Kong, but its growth in the 20th century, through acquisition and divestiture, has never been adequately explored...

Last summer, nearly fifty thousand people traveled to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to participate in the countercultural arts event Burning Man. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival presents unique challenges to...