Business History around the World

Hardback

Main Details

Title Business History around the World
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Franco Amatori
Edited by Geoffrey Jones
SeriesComparative Perspectives in Business History
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:444
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreWorld history
World history - BCE to c 500 CE
World history - c 500 to C 1500
World history - c 1500 to c 1750
World history - c 1750 to c 1900
World history - from c 1900 to now
Economic history
Business and management
ISBN/Barcode 9780521821070
ClassificationsDewey:338.709
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 18 September 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers the first in-depth international survey of current research and debates in business history. Over the last two decades enormous advances have been made on the history of business enterprise and business systems. Historians are documenting and analyzing 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. Each chapter is written by a prominent authority who provides an up-to-date assessment of the state and significance of research in their area. An opening section debates the identity and borders of the discipline, followed by wide-ranging surveys of the business history literature in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan and the Chinese-speaking world. The final section examines internationally comparative research on multinationals, family business and government relations. This reference work will be of immense value to historians, economists and management researchers

Reviews

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