History of specific companies / corporate history

This book advances an original conception of the relationship between state and corporate power in the United States.

The classic of muckraking journalism that exposed the inner workings of a Gilded Age business empire-with a new introduction by Elizabeth Catte.

In 1956 Brian Canfield got his first job at the BC Telephone Company as an apprentice installer.

Gideon Haigh examines the rise of CEO culture, exposing the myths of corporate leadership and the failures of modern managerial capitalism.

Gathering together an incredible array of contributors from the past century of the Tavistock to cover all aspects of amazing work they do.

From the bestselling author ofThe Shoemakers Wife, a Richard and Judy Book Club pickOne unforgettable woman.

Volume 26 of Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought was written by the late Professor Kevin Christopher Carduff, who taught at several institutions including Case Western Reserve University and the College of Charleston.

Volume 26 of Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought was written by the late Professor Kevin Christopher Carduff, who taught at several institutions including Case Western Reserve University and the College of Charleston.

Persuasively arguing for the inclusion of overlooked female figures whilst simultaneously bridging feminist theory and critical historiography, Historical Female Management Theorists features four literary non-fiction, fictitious conversations with historic female proto-management theorists from Canada and the United States: Frances Perkins (1880-1965), Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Madeleine Parent (1918-2012), and Viola Desmond (1914-1965).

Persuasively arguing for the inclusion of overlooked female figures whilst simultaneously bridging feminist theory and critical historiography, Historical Female Management Theorists features four literary non-fiction, fictitious conversations with historic female proto-management theorists from Canada and the United States: Frances Perkins (1880-1965), Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Madeleine Parent (1918-2012), and Viola Desmond (1914-1965).

One of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, the Swiss multinational Novartis traces its history and that of its predecessor companies back to the first dye factories in Basel in the early 19th century.

Gathering together an incredible array of contributors from the past century of the Tavistock to cover all aspects of amazing work they do.

The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy.

Vauxhall cars have been central to motoring in Britain for over a century.

Vauxhall cars have been central to motoring in Britain for over a century.

A corporate history of the innovative Benetton Holding Company, Edizione follows the early days of the family-owned brand, through governance and structure changes, mass distribution, infrastructure and network growth, to wider views for the future.

A number of people have claimed that the ongoing financial crisis has revealed the problems with neoliberal thought and neoliberal policies in the 'Atlantic Heartland'.

They helped invent the bar code.

Across the globe, the so-called Big Four accounting and audit firms - Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - are massively influential.

Over the course of the last century, the focus group has become an increasingly vital part of the way companies and politicians sell their products and policies.

In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive.

In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive.

Leaders who participate in organizational restructuring know the difficulty involved in the process of finding the most successful solution.

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"e;A heartwarming, poignant and even-handed account of the quintessential American immigrant/family business struggle to succeed against all odds"e; (Larry King).

Corporate Governance and Accountability presents students with a complete and current survey of the latest developments involving how a company is directed and controlled.

This book aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry through later reforms paying greater attention to profitable farming and the provision of abundant consumer goods.

While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed.

King Ranch.

Redpath, today a household name for sugar in Canada, has its roots in the story of an enterprising Scots immigrant, initially a stone mason and later a building contractor during the boom days of Montreal's growth from a small provincial centre to a major North American city.

As Fathers of Nations, presidents have a huge role in the socio-economic progress of countries.