Franco Amatori, Andrea Colli

Business History (eBook, ePUB)

Complexities and Comparisons

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide an exceptional resource for all students of business history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136732416
• Artikelnr.: 38275120

Autorenporträt

Franco Amatori is Professor of Economic History and is also head of the Institute of Economic History, at Bocconi University, Italy. He specialized in business history during his time at Harvard Business School, USA and has written extensively on Italian and international business history. Andrea Colli is Associate Professor in Economic History at Bocconi University, Italy. He has published several books in fields such as: the structure and evolution of SMEs, as well as the role of family firms in modern economic growth. In 2008 he was awarded the Harold Williamson prize for the most promising mid-career business historian by the Business History Conference.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Relevant Issues 1. Introduction 2. Business History and Theories of
the Firm 3. Entrepreneurship Part 2: The Company Between the Pre-Industrial
Era and the First Industrial Revolution 4. Pre-Industrial Manufacturing 5.
Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of the First Industrial Revolution 6.
Technology, Society and the Factory System Part 3: The Birth and
Consolidation of Big Business 7. Infrastructures 8. Technology and
Organization 9. National Patterns Part 4: State and Market in the Period
between the Two World Wars 10. The Multi-Divisional Corporation and
Managerial Capitalism 11. Europe between the Two Wars: Convergence and
Divergence with the U.S. 12. At the Origins of the Japanese Miracle:
Entrepreneurship, the State and Business Groups Part 5: From the Post-War
Years to the Fall of the Wall: The Age of 'Shrinking' Space 13. From World
War II to the Third Industrial Revolution 14. American Hegemony and its
Aftermath 15. The Soviet Union: The Antagonist 16. Japan: The Challenger
17. Hybrid Europe 18. Different Strategies for 'Catching Up': South Korea
and Argentina 19. Multinationals: Quid Novi? Part 6: The Globalization of
Today 20. New Forms of Enterprise 21. The 'Roaring Nineties': America is
Back 22. Slowing Down: Japan and Europe 23. New Protagonists: China and
India 24. A Last Look