Geoffrey Jones

Franco Amatori

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.

Business History around the World

Andrea Colli

"This new major textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business- from just before the Industrial Revolution up to the globalization of businesses today. Focusing mainly on "big business," the authors critically analyze "the firm" and its interaction with the evolution of economic, technological, and political systems at the micro and macro levels"--Back cover

Complexities and Comparisons

Business History

This new major textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business- from just before the Industrial Revolution up to the globalization of businesses today. Focusing mainly on "big business," the authors critically analyze "the firm" and its interaction with the evolution of economic, technological, and political systems at the micro and macro levels. -- from Back Cover.

Takashi Hikino

Alfred D. Chandler

Written in nontechnical terms, Big Business and the Wealth of Nations explains how the dynamics of big business have influenced national and international economies in the twentieth century. A path-breaking study, it provides the first systematic treatment of big business in advanced, emerging, and centrally planned economies from the late nineteenth century, when big businesses first appeared in American and West European manufacturing, to the present. These essays, written by internationally known historians and economists, help one to understand the essential role and functions of big businesses, past and present.

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