Routledge International Studies in Business History
About the Book Series
Recent years have seen an explosion of research in business history. Business history is now seen variously as a key to understanding a vital aspect of the past, a source of parallels and insights into modern business practice, and a way of understanding the evolution of modern business practice. This series is not limited to any single approach, and explores a wide range of issues and industries.
Authors wishing to submit proposals for publication consideration in the Routledge International Studies in Business History series can contact series editors Heidi Tworek ([email protected]) and Ai Hisano ([email protected]).
German and Japanese Business in the Boom Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Kipping, Akira Kudo, Harm G. Schröter
June 08, 2015
This edited volume examines the American influence on West German and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a valuable contribution to the debate on 'Americanization' from a historical and comparative perspective. Individual contributions provide an in-depth analysis of the ...
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Networks in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Paloma Fernández Pérez, Mary Rose
May 21, 2015
The entrepreneur is involved in the dance of two questions – what is needed and what is possible. The interplay of these two questions is an ongoing process and innovation varies internationally and regionally, depending on differing legal and policy systems, variations in the development of ...
International Business and National War Interests: Unilever between Reich and empire, 1939-45
1st Edition
By Ben Wubs
February 27, 2015
This book deals with the activities of the Anglo-Dutch multinational during the war. Given the various threats faced by Unilever during the Nazi period, Ben Wubs argues that it was not self evident that the company would survive the war. Based on research into company sources which were hitherto ...
Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan: Business in Lancashire and Kansai 1890-1990
1st Edition
Edited
By Takeshi Abe, Douglas A. Farnie
December 01, 2014
Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of Lancashire and Kansai....
The Dynamics of the Modern Brewing Industry
1st Edition
Edited
By Terry Gourvish, Richard G. Wilson
December 01, 2014
For the past two centuries, brewing has been a constantly innovative and evolving industry, subject to changes in technology, taste and industrial structure. This ground-breaking book is one of the first to examine the industry from the perspectives of economic and business history. It combines ...
The Development of Accounting in an International Context: A Festschrift in Honour of R. H. Parker
1st Edition
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By T.E. Cooke, C.W. Nobes
February 25, 2014
This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker. Reflecting his multi-faceated contribution to the history of accountancy, the volume studies the development of accounting in an international ...
The Multinational Traders
1st Edition
By Geoffrey G Jones
October 23, 2013
This book is a detailed account of the evolution and theory of multinational trading companies. The book features contributions from an international selection of US, European and Asian economists and business historians which demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment ...
Trademarks, Brands, and Competitiveness
1st Edition
Edited
By Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid
June 05, 2013
This book examines trademarks and brands, and their historical role in national competitive and comparative advantage and in overall economic growth. The contributors provide an historical account of the contribution of brands in consumer goods to economic growth; examine the ...
The Americanisation of European Business
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Kipping, Ove Bjarnar
May 03, 2013
This book examines the mechanisms and channels through which American managerial know-how and US management models were transferred to Europe after 1945, as well as the actual influence on European industries, companies and regions in the 1950s and 1960s. It explores the role of the European ...
Women and Their Money 1700-1950: Essays on Women and Finance
1st Edition
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By Anne Laurence, Josephine Maltby, Janette Rutterford
August 06, 2012
This book examines women's financial activity from the early days of the stock market in eighteenth century England and the South Sea Bubble to the mid-twentieth century. The essays demonstrate how many women managed their own finances despite legal and social restrictions and show that women were ...
Technological Innovation in Retail Finance: International Historical Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, J. Carles Maixé-Altés, Paul Thomes
July 27, 2012
This edited volume offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Documenting developments in the US alongside case studies from Mexico and Europe, Technological Innovation in Retail Finance addresses the variety of financial institutions that ...
The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship: Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870
1st Edition
By Alison Kay
March 16, 2012
The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honor and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the ...