History of specific companies / corporate history

Six leading economists examine the financing of corporate capital formation in the U.

Jonathan A.

Today, consumer credit, employee stock options, and citizen investment in the stock market are taken for granted--fundamental facts of American economic life.

Today, consumer credit, employee stock options, and citizen investment in the stock market are taken for granted--fundamental facts of American economic life.

Jonathan A.

An examination of how the patent system works, imperfections and all, to incentivize innovation Do patents facilitate or frustrate innovation?

An examination of how the patent system works, imperfections and all, to incentivize innovation Do patents facilitate or frustrate innovation?

Widely considered the crowning achievement in the history of international monetary relations, the classical gold standard (1880-1914) has long been treated like a holy relic.

Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development from the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic wars to the present nouveau-richness of the Norwegian oil economy.

Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development from the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic wars to the present nouveau-richness of the Norwegian oil economy.

Strategy is becoming more 'open' - more transparent and more inclusive.

AB InBev is today's uncontested world leader of the beer market.

AB InBev is today's uncontested world leader of the beer market.

This book explores a century of business development of The South African Life Assurance Company, from a specific local focus to a national conglomerate expanding into global insurance markets.

The story of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing.

The story of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing.

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament.

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament.

How can the news business be re-envisioned in a rapidly changing world?

Why does history matter to our understanding of management, organizations, and markets?

Building Co-operation traces the development of The Co-operative Group and its predecessor, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), over the course of 150 years.

The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localized institutions in the nineteenth century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period.

This book offers a thoroughly researched and accessibly written account of the John Lewis Partnership.

This book offers a thoroughly researched and accessibly written account of the John Lewis Partnership.

The business of reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, went largely unnoticed outside the expert community.

Strategy is becoming more 'open' - more transparent and more inclusive.

Smiths Group (formerly Smiths Industries), part of the UK FTSE 100 index, is a global engineering company with a market capitalisation over GBP5bn.

Reinsurance is an invisible service industry which enables insurance companies to insure more risks and to make better use of their resources.

Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjoy free meals in silver service canteens and restaurants.

Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjoy free meals in silver service canteens and restaurants.

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley start-up and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most of its competitors over the years.

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley start-up and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most of its competitors over the years.

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print.

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print.

The Avon Lady acquired iconic status in twentieth century American culture.

The Avon Lady acquired iconic status in twentieth century American culture.

For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire.

For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies.

As late as 2007, Anglo Irish Bank was a darling of the markets, internationally recognized as one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the world.

Rothschilds Morgans Fords Toyoda Agnellis Rockefellers GuggenheimsDynastic family businesses have everything: extraordinary success, bizarre eccentricity, bitter rivalry as well as pots of money and power.

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Lobbying America tells the story of the political mobilization of American business in the 1970s and 1980s.

"e;Skip's account of the founding of JanSport wreaks of honesty, humor, and enough anecdotes to stir a memory in almost anyone who has spent time outside.

What can you learn from the world's most successful companies?

What can you learn from one of the most successful companies in the world?

Northeast Utilities Company adopted an ambitious new competitive strategy in the mid-1980s, seeking to become the low-cost supplier in New England electric power markets bracing for deregulation.

A profile of Berkshire Hathaway, the keys to its success, and how it can survive beyond its iconic chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett.

From humble beginnings wholesaling at a small tobacconist-hairdresser shop in 1915, the London Rubber Company rapidly became the UK's biggest postwar producer and exporter of disposable rubber condoms.

From New York Times bestselling authors Richard Belzer and David Wayne comes a hard look at the wrongs done to us all by big business in America.

"e;Readers with an interest in the early days of organized civil mass air transport will enjoy having a familiar story be retold from a Greek perspective.