The Oxford Handbook of Business History

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-957395-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 736 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 1235 g

Reihe: Oxford Handbooks

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of research in business history. Business historians study the historical evolution of business systems, entrepreneurs and firms, as well as their interaction with their political, economic, and social environment. They address issues of central concern to researchers in management studies and business administration, as well as economics, sociology and political science, and to historians. They employ a range of
qualitative and quantitative methodologies, but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time.

The Oxford Handbook of Business History has brought together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive, critical, and interdisciplinary examination of business history, organized into four parts: Approaches and Debates; Forms of Business Organization; Functions of Enterprise; and Enterprise and Society.

The Handbook shows that business history is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, generating compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Business History is a key reference work for scholars and advanced students of Business History, and a fascinating resource for social scientists in general.

Zielgruppe

Academics, researchers, and graduate students studying Business and Economic History

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Geoffrey

Zeitlin, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Approaches and Debates
1: Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin: Introduction
2: Patrick Fridenson: Business History and History
3: Naomi Lamoreaux, Daniel Raff, and Peter Temin: Economic Theory and Business History
4: William Lazonick: Business History and Economic Development
5: Matthias Kipping and Behlül Üsdiken: Business History and Management Studies
6: Jonathan Zeitlin: The Historical Alternatives Approach
7: Geoffrey Jones: Globalization
Part II: Forms of Business Organization
8: Youssef Cassis: Big Business
9: Andrea Colli and Mary Rose: Family Business
10: Jonathan Zeitlin: Industrial Districts and Regional Clusters
11: W. Mark Fruin: Business Groups and Interfirm Networks
12: Jeffrey Fear: Cartels
13: Luca Lanzalaco: Business Interest Associations
Part III: Functions of Enterprise
14: Michel Lescure: Banking and Finance
15: Margaret B.W. Graham: Technology and Innovation
16: Wolfgang König: Design and Engineering
17: Robert Fitzgerald: Marketing and Distribution
18: Howard Gospel: The Management of Labor and Human Resources
19: Trevor Boyns: Accounting, Information, and Communication Systems
20: Gary Herrigel: Corporate Governance
Part IV: Enterprise and Society
21: Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani: Entrepreneurship
22: Robert Millward: Business and the State
23: Kathleen Thelen: Skill Formation and Training
24: Rolv Petter Amdam: Business Education
25: Kenneth Lipartito: Business Culture

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey Jones is Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School. He previously taught at the universities of Cambridge and Reading, and at the London School of Economics and Political Science, in Great Britain. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on the history of international business, including British Multinational Banking 1830-1990 (OUP, 1993), Merchants to Multinationals (OUP, 2000), Multinationals
and Global Capitalism (OUP, 2005) and Renewing Unilever (OUP, 2005). He is a former President of both the European Business History Association and the Business History Conference of the Untied States, is co-editor of the journal Business History Review.

Jonathan Zeitlin is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), and Founding Director of the European Union Center of Excellence. He was previously Lecturer in Social and Economic History at Birkbeck College, London, and Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge, in Great Britain. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on the comparative and historical
analysis of business organization, employment relations, and socio-economic governance, most recently Local Players in Global Games: The Strategic Constitution of a Multinational Corporation (OUP, 2005). He is co-editor of the journal Socio-Economic Review, a member of the editorial board of Enterprise &
Society, and a former Trustee of the Business History Conference.