Corporate & Business History

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 researchBook InformationISBN 9781439900154Author Douglas WardFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

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...

The story of four families of Cajun boatmen and their rise from trappers and shrimpers to mega-millionaires.Rise of the Cajun Mariners documents an untold piece of American history-the beginnings of what is now the global, multibillion-dollar marine oil...

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...

This book introduces business historians to oral history methodologies and approaches. Using four distinct oral history case studies to explore ideas of disruption and continuity in business history over the second half of the twentieth century, Robert...

Gentlemen Bankers investigates the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers to uncover how the Morgan family's power and prestige stemmed from its unique position within a network of local and international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692542835Author Marc ZirogiannisFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Revival Waves of Glory MinistriesPublisher Revival Waves of Glory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767923842Author Kurt EichenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Two decades ago, British Petroleum, a venerable and storied corporation, was running out of oil reserves. Along came a new CEO of vision and vast ambition, John Browne, who pulled off one of the greatest corporate turnarounds in history.BP bought one...

Can you name America's oldest brewery? If visions of outsized draft horses plod to mind, you're way off. Instead, head for the mountains--of northeastern Pennsylvania. In 1829, in Pottsville, German immigrant D.G. Yuengling set up shop to slake the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983926603Author Clarence B JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Emergence Press, LLCPublisher Emergence Press, LLCWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...