Business In Britain In The Twentieth Century

Author : Richard Coopey,Peter Lyth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199226009

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Business in Britain in the Twentieth Century by Richard Coopey,Peter Lyth Pdf

This collection of fresh, incisive scholarship, by some of the leading business historians, critically examines the nature of economic recovery in Britain in recent years. Covering the key issues for business history in this period, the book confronts the traditional literature on conclusions of relative decline, and monocausal, simplistic explanations. It provides an impressive range of studies forming a platform for a new debate on the nature of British business in the 20th century. Themes include productivity, management, research and development, marketing, regional clusters and networks, industrial policy, the use of technology, and gender. Sector studies include newer, post-war hopefuls and successes including: * aerospace, * IT, * retail, * banking, * overseas investment, * the creative industries. The book demonstrates that our understanding of the historic strengths and weaknesses of business in Britain, and the shifting balance between sectors of the economy, has until now been poorly understood, and that British business history needs a fundamental reappraisal.

Author : Volker R. Berghahn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691171449

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American Big Business in Britain and Germany by Volker R. Berghahn Pdf

While America's relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two world wars when Germany was a common enemy, the American business sector actually had a greater affinity with Germany for most of the twentieth century. American Big Business in Britain and Germany examines the triangular relationship between the American, British, and German business communities and how the special relationship that Britain believed it had with the United States was supplanted by one between America and Germany. Volker Berghahn begins with the pre-1914 period and moves through the 1920s, when American investments supported German reconstruction rather than British industry. The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 led to a reversal in German-American relations, forcing American corporations to consider cutting their losses or collaborating with a regime that was inexorably moving toward war. Although Britain hoped that the wartime economic alliance with the United States would continue after World War II, the American business community reconnected with West Germany to rebuild Europe’s economy. And while Britain thought they had established their special relationship with America once again in the 1980s and 90s, in actuality it was the Germans who, with American help, had acquired an informal economic empire on the European continent. American Big Business in Britain and Germany uncovers the surprising and differing relationships of the American business community with two major European trading partners from 1900 through the twentieth century.

Author : M. W. Kirby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0415075742

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Business Enterprise in Modern Britain by M. W. Kirby Pdf

Author : M. Richardson,P. Nicholls
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230337008

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A Business and Labour History of Britain by M. Richardson,P. Nicholls Pdf

By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history.

Author : Youssef Cassis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198296065

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Big Business by Youssef Cassis Pdf

The manner in which Britain, Germany and France have conducted business this century is analysed in this comparative study. It focuses on key companies and business elites and their performance at critical times.

Author : Youssef Cassis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:488655538

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Big Business by Youssef Cassis Pdf

Author : Swapnesh K. Masrani,Carlo J. Morelli,Amiya K. Bagchi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000726176

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Indian Business in the Twentieth Century by Swapnesh K. Masrani,Carlo J. Morelli,Amiya K. Bagchi Pdf

This book uses a combination of business history and political economy to chart the development of Indian business organisation from independence in 1947 through to the twenty-first century. The Indian economy has undergone a dramatic transformation to become one of the leading global economies of the twenty-first century. After ending colonialisation and gaining independence in 1947, the economy moved from a reliance on the export of raw materials to an era of state-promoted development, followed by an era of liberalisation and integration in the world economy by the close of the twentieth century. This book looks at traditional industries, such as textiles, to industries of the second and third industrial revolution, ranging from chemicals and oils to telecommunications. This book highlights how Indian businesses proved capable of importing both new managerial ideas and organisational developments while adapting them to the specific domestic context. The case studies underline the use of human resource management in the post-colonial ‘indianisation’ of foreign-owned multinationals and the rise of new business organisation and management training in the development of Indian multinational organisations such as Tata Sons. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Business History.

Author : David J. Jeremy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023125912

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A Business History of Britain, 1900-1990's by David J. Jeremy Pdf

Business History has developed as an academic subject since the 1970s. However, the insights of scholarly business historians have not been widely accessible to students because of the lack of a suitable textbook on which to base a one- or two- semester course. The present work is designed tofill this gap. Jeremy, drawing on recent research and debate, plainly outlines the history of major aspects of business behaviour in twentieth century Britain. Moreover, he presumes little prior knowledge of history, business, or economics on the student's part. The text is organized in three sections: the business environment; business organisation; and entrepreneurship and management. The first section outlines the changes that have most powerfully affected business, including global political and economic developments, and technological changes. Thesecond section deals with business structures and strategies, merger waves, multinationals and small firms. Special attention is given to the role of the City of London and the financial sector, and also to the revolution in retailing. The third part of the text examines the social origins,education, and training of business leaders and evaluates the performance of British management with respect to research and development, labour relations, and marketing. The last two chapters are about the shaping of company culture and business ethics. Common to all the chapters are: the chapter's objectives an outline of chapter contents a concluding list of points the student should have learned discussion questions a guide to further reading A variety of key ideas or viewpoints is presented in boxes. Numerous tables summarise numerical data. Charts and maps have been included where appropriate.

Author : Youssef Cassis,Andrea Colli,Harm Schröter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192516152

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The Performance of European Business in the Twentieth Century by Youssef Cassis,Andrea Colli,Harm Schröter Pdf

This book originated from the idea that performance is what really matters in business and thus in business history. Yet, surprisingly, the analysis of performances has been neglected by economic and business historians. This book is a first attempt to fill this gap and in doing so provides a totally new approach to European business history. Rather than bringing together national studies, it is based on a single database, measuring performance in eight European countries according to identical criteria. The study spans the entire twentieth century, with particular attention to five benchmark moments: the height of the first globalisation on the eve of the First World War; the late 1920s boom preceding the Great Depression; the European reconstruction of the mid-1950s; the end of 'Golden Age' in the early 1970s; and the height of the second globalisation at the turn of the twenty-first century. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,225 companies, belonging to the three major European economies, Britain, France and Germany; two large south European latecomers, Italy and Spain; two smaller north western countries, Belgium and Sweden, and one small Nordic country, Finland. Performance has been measured using two ratios of profitability: return on equity (ROE) and holding return (HR), thus providing a complementary measure of profitability, the former as seen from the firm's perspective, the latter form the investor's perspective. The book's findings, at times surprising, at once confirm and infirm widely held assumptions regarding business performance - regarding strategy and structure, ownership and control, old and new industries, emerging and advanced economies.

Author : Geoffrey Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191530463

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Merchants to Multinationals by Geoffrey Jones Pdf

Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. While theories of the firm predict the demise over time of merchant firms, this book identifies the continued resilience of British trading companies despite the changing political and business environments of the twentieth century. Like Japanese trading companies, they 're-invented' themselves in successive generations. The competences of the trading companies resided in their information-gathering, relationship-building, human resource, and corporate governance systems. This book provides a new dimension to the literature on international business through the focus on multinational service firms and its evolutionary approach based on confidential business records.

Author : Eric Bussière,Youssef Cassis,Jean Monnet Professor of European Construction Éric Bussière
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199269495

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London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century by Eric Bussière,Youssef Cassis,Jean Monnet Professor of European Construction Éric Bussière Pdf

"This is a comparison between London and Paris as international financial centres since the late nineteenth century. The chapters include both archive-based and synthetic surveys. It also gives insights into: the political economy of Britain and France in the twentieth century, and the history of international financial centres"--Provided by publisher.

Author : John Fisher,Effie G. H. Pedaliu,Richard Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137465818

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The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century by John Fisher,Effie G. H. Pedaliu,Richard Smith Pdf

This book addresses the interface of the British Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce in the twentieth century. Two related questions are considered: what did the Foreign Office do to support British commerce, and how did commerce influence British foreign policy? The editors of this work collect a range of case studies that explore the attitude of the Foreign Office towards commerce and trade promotion, against the backdrop of a century of relative economic decline, while also considering the role of British diplomats in creating markets and supporting UK firms. This highly researched and detailed examination is designed for readers aiming to comprehend the role that commerce played in Britain’s foreign relations, in a century when trade and commerce have become an inseparable element in foreign and security policies.

Author : Geoffrey Jones,M. W. Kirby
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Competition
ISBN : 0719032768

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Competitiveness and the State by Geoffrey Jones,M. W. Kirby Pdf

Examines the importance of place and its relationship to the quality of public life in the context of those northern states (e.g. Montana) whose settlement marked the end of the old frontier. Also generally questions, in terms of the Jeffersonian democratic ideal, the relationship between cities and rural areas and between politics and economics. Ten papers, revised from their presentation at an October 1989 meeting in Reading, England, explore the various economic policies of the British government since 1900, from nonintervention to nationalism to privatization and deregulation, and their effect on such industries as agriculture, oil, banking, and manufacturing. They find the policies ineffectual and inconsistent compared to those in other countries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Youssef Cassis,Andrea Colli,Harm G. Schröter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198749776

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The Performance of European Business in the Twentieth Century by Youssef Cassis,Andrea Colli,Harm G. Schröter Pdf

This book originated from the idea that performance is what really matters in business and thus in business history. Yet, surprisingly, the analysis of performances has been neglected by economic and business historians. This book is a first attempt to fill this gap and in doing so provides a totally new approach to European business history. Rather than bringing together national studies, it is based on a single database, measuring performance in eight European countries according to identical criteria. The study spans the entire twentieth century, with particular attention to five benchmark moments: the height of the first globalisation on the eve of the First World War; the late 1920s boom preceding the Great Depression; the European reconstruction of the mid-1950s; the end of 'Golden Age' in the early 1970s; and the height of the second globalisation at the turn of the twenty-first century. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,225 companies, belonging to the three major European economies, Britain, France and Germany; two large south European latecomers, Italy and Spain; two smaller north western countries, Belgium and Sweden, and one small Nordic country, Finland. Performance has been measured using two ratios of profitability: return on equity (ROE) and holding return (HR), thus providing a complementary measure of profitability, the former as seen from the firm's perspective, the latter form the investor's perspective. The book's findings, at times surprising, at once confirm and infirm widely held assumptions regarding business performance - regarding strategy and structure, ownership and control, old and new industries, emerging and advanced economies.

Author : Mansel G. Blackford
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0807824267

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The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan by Mansel G. Blackford Pdf

Newly revised and updated, The Rise of Modern Business compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in Great Britain, the United States, Japan, and, to a lesser extent, Germany from the preindustrial era to the present, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Because the evolution of business has been profoundly influenced by its environment, this study pays close attention to connections between business development and political, social, and cultural changes. It also offers an insightful argument on similarities and differences in global business development: the similarities result from the technological and economic imperatives of industrialization, and the differences result from the decisive influence of the national environments--laws, politics, social norms, and culture--within which businesses operate. This edition of The Rise of Modern Business further highlights the diversity and complexity of business developments by examining both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, exploring the development of small firms in addition to big businesses, and weighing the importance of labor and government for business development in all four nations discussed.