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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]).

54 Series Titles


Narrating the Rise of Big Business in the USA How economists explain standard oil and Wal-Mart

Narrating the Rise of Big Business in the USA: How economists explain standard oil and Wal-Mart

1st Edition

By Anne Mayhew
January 26, 2011

"This is a story about stories and specifically about some of the stories that Americans have told themselves about corporate economic power." In this book, Anne Mayhew focuses on the stories surrounding the creation of Standard Oil and Wal-Mart and their founders , John D. Rockefeller and Sam ...

The Origins of Globalization

The Origins of Globalization

1st Edition

By Karl Moore, David Charles Lewis
April 20, 2009

Origins of Globalization draws widely on ancient sources and modern economic theory to detail the concept of “known world” globalization, arguing that a mixed economy--similar in many respects to our own--existed in a variety of forms throughout the ancient world. ...

Foreign Multinationals in the United States

Foreign Multinationals in the United States

1st Edition

Edited By Lina Gálvez-Muñoz, Geoffrey G Jones
October 26, 2001

In this volume, leading scholars in international business and business history in the United States, Europe and Japan examine the experiences of a range of firms in the United States. They survey British, Canadian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese firms, and span a range of sectors including ...

Co-operative Structures in Global Business Communicating, Transferring Knowledge and Learning across the Corporate Frontier

Co-operative Structures in Global Business: Communicating, Transferring Knowledge and Learning across the Corporate Frontier

1st Edition

By Gordon H. Boyce
November 30, 2000

Using a series of twelve historical case-studies that are based on extensive archival research, this book explains why firms succeed or fail in communicating or transferring knowledge and discovering new expertise. By analysing how workable trade-offs between opposing forces have been achieved in ...

Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain

Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain

1st Edition

Edited By David Jeremy
March 18, 1998

The relationship of economics, capitalism and wealth to the ethics and morality of religion has intrigued and challenged policymakers, pressure groups, theologians, sociologists, economists and historians for centuries. Here David Jeremy addresses these questions in the context of modern Britain. ...

Management, Education and Competitiveness Europe, Japan and the United States

Management, Education and Competitiveness: Europe, Japan and the United States

1st Edition

Edited By Rolv Petter Amdam
July 31, 1996

Globally two processes are striking about modern management education. Firstly, management education is changing rapidly to meet new challenges from business and governments and to improve competitiveness. Secondly, management education has become one of the fastest growing areas in higher ...

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