Corporate & Business History

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gatorade is an enthralling story, brought to life in bright color and sharp detail in this book as journalist and author Darren Rovell chronicles every astonishing milestone of the company's history.With unprecedented access to the inventors, the...

Since the rise of the small-sum lending industry in the 1890s, people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder in the United States have been asked to pay the greatest price for credit. Again and again, Americans have asked why the most fragile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684813103Author Joel MakowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 495gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

AB InBev is today's uncontested world leader of the beer market. It represents over 20% of global beer sales, with more than 450 million hectolitre a year flowing all around the world. Its Belgian predecessor, Interbrew, was a success story stemming from...

The story of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., is exciting--full of struggle, determination, crisis, and heroic endeavor. Air Products grew out of the vision and drive of one individual, Leonard Pool. In the course of fifty years, Pool's precarious...

Wal-Mart is the world's largest company and it sets the standard - both social and commercial - for a huge swath of the global economy. In this probing investigation, historian Nelson Lichtenstein shows how the company's success has spread evangelical...

Children and young people from serving personnel, reservist and veteran families across Scotland, have been at the heart of Forces Children Scotland for over two hundred years. This book tells a story, through a combination of narrative and pictures,...

This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing...

This text looks at the stories behind philanthropic successes and failures, and provides a framework for funders to consider their company's operating objectives and how to align their social responsibilities. It also provides helpful tips to enable...

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Now brought completely up-to-date for this new edition, Business The Jack Welch Way, not only reveals the secrets of Welchs' remarkable success but also draws out the universal lessons and identifies strategies that can be applied to any business or...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904879169Author Neil TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Cyan BooksPublisher Cyan BooksWeight(grams) 132g

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Founded by Swiss baker Frederick Belmont in 1919 with the opening of Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Harrogate, the Bettys name is now world-famous and synonymous with delicious Swiss treats and Yorkshire warmth and hospitality. After purchasing family-run tea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439102114Author David KirkpatrickPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765138977Author Stacy Mintzer HerlihyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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How a tiny startup slingshot their way from nothing to being the world's most successful mobile game

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765138366Author Marie A. BussingFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

This book aims to present a picture of one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies. Credited as being the first credit rating agency, Moody’s stands as the epitome of the rating sector and all that it effects. However, outside of internal and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765138281Author B. Yasanthi PereraFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Follow along on the journey of the founding, development, and breakaway success of a multi-billion-dollar tech company Written by insiders Denise Persson and Chris Degnan, CMO and CRO of Snowflake, the global force helping mobilize the world’s data, Make...

This is a business history of soy that reveals how Japanese imperial and military institutions and financial-mercantile-industrial interests created a role for soy as a versatile raw material and global commodity beginning in the 19th century, even...