Business History around the World (Comparative Perspectives in Business History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052182107X ISBN 13: 9780521821070

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This 2003 book offered the first in-depth international survey of contemporary research and debates in business history. Over the two decades leading to its publication, enormous advances had been made in writing the history of business enterprise and business systems. Historians are documenting and analyzing the evolution of a wide range of important companies and systems, their patterns of innovation, production, and distribution, their financial affairs, their political activities, and their social impact. Each essay is written by a prominent authority who provides an assessment of the state and significance of research in his or her area. This volume is a reference work that will be of immense value to historians, economists, management researchers, and others concerned to access the latest insights on the evolution of business throughout the world.

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Review:

"wide-ranging, indispensable book." - EH.NET, William H. Becker, George Washington University

Book Description:

This 2003 book offered the first in-depth international survey of contemporary research and debates in business history. The contributors have documented and analyzed the evolution of a wide range of important companies, their patterns of innovation, production, and distribution, their financial affairs, their political activities, and their social impact.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 052182107X
• ISBN 13: 9780521821070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Amatori Franco, Jones Geoffrey