Jane F. Marceau, Marceau Jane F.

A Family Business?

The Making of an International Business Elite

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Professor Marceau traces the processes of social change and development of an international elite in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780521125550
• ISBN-10: 0521125553
• Artikelnr.: 27351146

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The creation of a new business Europe: the rise of the multinational firm and its managers
3. The routes to internationalism: family backgrounds, and education experience
4. Choosing a career: family edicts and school verdicts
5. Careers across Europe
6. Escalator or roller-coaster? Moving on and flying high in the businesses of Europe
7. Invisible resources: families of origin and marriage
8. A family of beliefs and character
9. Reaching the top: origins, competence and connections
10. A family affair
Appendix A. Methods of study
Appendix B. Coding of social origins
Appendix C. Basis of regrouping of sector categories
Notes
References
Index.