Business History

A Functioning Society..

This book provides an international perspective on the development of co-operatives since the mid-nineteenth century, exploring the economic, political and social factors that explain their varying fortunes and transformation into different forms...

This book provides an international perspective on the development of co-operatives since the mid-nineteenth century, exploring the economic, political and social factors that explain their varying fortunes and transformation into different forms...

The United Dutch East India Company was the first public company, preceding the formation of the English East-India Company by over 40 years. Its fame as the first public company which heralded the transition from feudalism to modern capitalism and its remarkable financial success for nearly two cen..

British Cotton Textiles: Maturity and Decline examines the relationship of the Lancashire cotton textiles industry with its suppliers of capital. It shows how capital enabled and constrained investment, and explores the strategic responses to changing international conditions at important stages of ..

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book is a much needed exploration on the relationship between government and business in pre-war Japan, making an important contribution to the literature by considering periods which have often been neglected by scholars...

This book is a much needed exploration on the relationship between government and business in pre-war Japan, making an important contribution to the literature by considering periods which have often been neglected by scholars...

By connecting established approaches from business history with recent scholarship in the fields of global history and postcolonial studies Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World: Spinning the Web of  the Global Market offers a new perspective on the emergence of global enterprise a..

Controls on the bureaucracy through administrative due process and presidential and congressional prerogatives are the focus of this book. The author examines these controls and assesses the trade-offs among them...

This is the first book to summarise the 20th century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective...

The Dynamics of International Business offers a comparative, chronological overview of the evolutionary patterns in the strategies and structures of firms active in international markets. An essential textbook for courses in international business and economic history, this book will also be a valua..