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Business elites
In: The international library of critical writings in business history 8
In: An Elgar reference collection
State and financial systems in Europe and the USA: historical perspectives on regulation and supervision in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – Edited by Stefano Battilossi and Jaime Reis
In: The economic history review, Band 65, Heft 1, S. 404-405
ISSN: 1468-0289
The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979. By Forrest Capie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xxviii, 890. $150.00, hardcover
In: The journal of economic history, Band 71, Heft 4, S. 1107-1108
ISSN: 1471-6372
Elites, Entrepreneurs, and British Business in the Twentieth Century
In: Business in Britain in the Twentieth Century, S. 82-92
Samuel Tilman. Les Grands Banquiers Belges: (1830–1935) Portrait Collectif d'une élite. Classe des Lettres. Bruxelles: Académie Royale de Belgique, 2005. 441 pp. ISBN 2-8031-0226-9, €40
In: Enterprise & society: the international journal of business history, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 741-742
ISSN: 1467-2235
Big Business in Europe's Economy and Society
In: Contemporary European history, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 401-410
ISSN: 1469-2171
The rise of big business is one of the most important phenomena of the twentieth century. This article reflects on its role in Europe's economy and society. Four aspects are given particular attention. The first concerns the extent to which big business can be considered as a European (as opposed to a US) phenomenon. The second considers the balance between common European characteristics (persistence of family ownership, extent of state involvement) and national specificities (company size, corporate governance, education and training, career patterns). A third part discusses the contribution of big business to economic development, especially the controversies surrounding the 'Chandlerian' model, based on the US experience, as well as the discrepancies between business performance and economic performance. Finally, the article warns about the pitfalls of a simplistic 'cultural' approach to business history.
Big Business in Europe's Economy and Society
In: Contemporary European history, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 401-410
ISSN: 0960-7773
Finance in the Age of the Corporate Economy. The Third Anglo-Japanese Business History Conference. Edited by P. L. Cottrell, Alice Teichova, and Takeshi Yuzawa. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997. Pp. 269. $76.95
In: The journal of economic history, Band 59, Heft 3, S. 857-858
ISSN: 1471-6372