The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939

Neuauflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-521-55282-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 119 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

Reihe: New Studies in Economic and Social History

This book provides the first introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before the Second World War. It discusses the evolution of firms like Ford, Exxon, Unilever and Siemens, as well as introducing the reader to the major explanations that have been advanced by historians and economists in order to account for these developments in the global economic order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmitz, Christopher J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements and Note; Editor's preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature and origins of big business; 3. Variations in the rise and spread of big business; 4. Institutional and technological factors; 5. Markets, hierarchies and the managerial revolution; 6. The impact of big business; 7. Conclusions: history and theory; Notes and references; Select bibliography; Index.