Business History

This ground-breaking book is the first to examine the brewing industry from the perspectives of economic and business history. It combines chapters on the major European nations with chapters on the United States and Australia...

Originally published in 1908, this study details the early origins of the Levant Company as well as providing information on surrounding issues such as the regulation of shipping, piracy and the officials of the company. This title will be of interest to students of history and business...

This book explores the history of the beer at a global level and asks how the brewing industry has become so pervasive, prominent, and powerful. Contributors investigate a number of aspects, such as the role of geographical origin in branding; mergers, acquisitions, and corporate governance (UK, Eur..

The Impact of the First World War on International Business is the first book to focus on the impact of the WW1 on international business. It will explore the experiences of firms in Britain, France, Germany, Japan, China, and the United States covering a wide range of industries including financial..

Aluminium was one of most cartelised industries in the international economic panorama of the 20th century. Born following the discovery of electrolytic smelting process in 1886, this industry, even in its infancy, established a cartel which characterised its history until nearly 1980. Managers of t..

This edited volume examines how users, policy-makers, and industrial managers have organized and continue to organize mobility, with a particularly attention to Europe, North America, and Asia. Taking a long-term and comparative perspective, the volume brings together thirteen chapters from the fiel..

The Origins of Globalization presents a startling look at the shape of “known world” globalization, dating back to the Roman Empire and earlier, including multicultural workforces, tariff reduced zones, interregional tax issues, currency risks, and other phenomena...

The Origins of Globalization presents a startling look at the shape of “known world” globalization, dating back to the Roman Empire and earlier, including multicultural workforces, tariff reduced zones, interregional tax issues, currency risks, and other phenomena...

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years. The modern industry is constantly in the news as new breakthroughs in medical treatment are announced, often provoking ethical and social debates about the implications of new technologies. The Pharmaceutical Ind..

_x000D_ This book provides a unique long-term analysis of the rise, consolidation, decline, and occasional re-emergence of these networks in fourteen countries across North and South America, Europe, and Asia in the 20th and early 21st centuries...

Italian cinema triumphed globally in the 1960, but by the end of the 1980s the Italian film industry was all but dead. This book traces the rise of the industry from its origins in the 19th century to its worldwide success in the 1960s, and its rapid decline in the subsequent decades. It does so by ..

This collection uses the tin industry as a prism through which to examine the changing global political economy. It engages with ongoing debates about control and access to natural resources and highlights the complex interactions and roles of business and government in the global economic trade...