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Foreign Banks And Global Finance In Modern China - Banking On The Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919

by Ghassan (The University Of Hong Kong) Moazzin

~~37,85€~~ 34,07€ 10% OFF

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 Drawing on German, English, Japanese and Chinese primary sources, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy and highlights the key role international finance and foreign banks and capital markets played at important turning points in modern Chinese history.
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Enterprise And Integration - Big Business And The Making Of The Single European Market

by Grace (Bocconi University) Ballor

~~128,43€~~ 115,59€ 10% OFF

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 In this innovative approach to the history of European integration, Grace Ballor reconstructs the making of the Single European Market through multinationals. She shows how policymakers designed the market for big business and how firms adapted their strategies to the realities of market integration, with implications for economies and societies.
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Enterprise And Integration - Big Business And The Making Of The Single European Market

by Grace (Bocconi University) Ballor

~~43,26€~~ 38,93€ 10% OFF

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 In this innovative approach to the history of European integration, Grace Ballor reconstructs the making of the Single European Market through multinationals. She shows how policymakers designed the market for big business and how firms adapted their strategies to the realities of market integration, with implications for economies and societies.
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Creating Global Shipping - Aristotle Onassis, The Vagliano Brothers, And The Business Of Shipping, C.1820â€“1970

by Gelina Harlaftis

33,80€ + 10% CARD

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 Shipping has been a leading sector in European economic growth for centuries. Yet, it rarely features in business or economic history. This history of shipping in Greece, which centers on the Vagliano brothers and Aristotle Onassis, redresses this by making this invisible global business visible.
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Foreign Banks And Global Finance In Modern China - Banking On The Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919

by Ghassan Moazzin

37,10€ + 10% CARD

 Drawing on German, English, Japanese and Chinese primary sources, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy and highlights the key role international finance and foreign banks and capital markets played at important turning points in modern Chinese history.
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Navigating Nationalism In Global Enterprise - A Century Of Indo-German Business Relations

by Christina (Copenhagen Business School) Lubinski

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 An analysis of the role of nationalism in global business strategy, showing how multinationals in the twentieth century acted not just as drivers of globalization but also as sophisticated operators in a world of nations. By exploring German companies in India, Lubinski traces nationalism's influence on business tactics and competitive strategies.
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Foreign Banks And Global Finance In Modern China - Banking On The Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919

by Ghassan (The University Of Hong Kong) Moazzin

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Drawing on German, English, Japanese and Chinese primary sources, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy and highlights the key role international finance and foreign banks and capital markets played at important turning points in modern Chinese history.
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Creating Global Shipping - Aristotle Onassis, The Vagliano Brothers, And The Business Of Shipping, C.1820-1970

by Gelina Harlaftis

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Shipping has been a leading sector in European economic growth for centuries. Yet, it rarely features in business or economic history. This history of shipping in Greece, which centers on the Vagliano brothers and Aristotle Onassis, redresses this by making this invisible global business visible.
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Open Standards And The Digital Age - History, Ideology, And Networks

by Andrew L. Russell

37,10€ + 10% CARD

 How did the idea of openness become the defining principle for the twenty-first-century information age? This book answers this question by looking at the history of information networks and paying close attention to the politics of standardization.
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Open Standards And The Digital Age - History, Ideology, And Networks

by Andrew L. (Stevens Institute Of Technology, New Jersey) Russell

37,85€ + 10% CARD

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 How did the idea of openness become the defining principle for the twenty-first-century information age? This book answers this question by looking at the history of information networks and paying close attention to the politics of standardization.
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The International Distribution Of News - The Associated Press, Press Association, And Reuters, 1848â€“1947

by Jonathan (University Of Oxford) Silberstein-Loeb

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 This book traces the history of international news agencies and associations around the world from 1848 to 1947. Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb argues that newspaper publishers formed news associations and patronized news agencies to cut the costs of news collection and exclude competitors from gaining access to the news.
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Global Brands - The Evolution Of Multinationals In Alcoholic Beverages

by Teresa Da Silva (University Of Oxford) Lopes

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 Global Brands, first published in 2007, contrasts with existing studies by providing a new dimension to the literature on the growth of multinationals through the focus on brands, using an institutional and evolutionary approach based on original and published sources about the beverage industry and firms.
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Banking On Global Markets - Deutsche Bank And The United States, 1870 To The Present

by Christopher Kobrak

62,19€ + 10% CARD

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 The US business and political dealings of Deutsche Bank are used here to illuminate developments in the ongoing globalization of major financial institutions. Deutsche Bank was one of Germany's principal vehicles for forging links with the rest of the world, and its involvement with the US was probably its biggest challenge.
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The World'S Newest Profession - Management Consulting In The Twentieth Century

by Christopher D. (Said Business School, University Of Oxford) Mckenna

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 This book offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. It details how the elite consulting firms expanded after US regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and explains exactly what consultants really do and why they became so influential in the global economy after 1960.
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Global Electrification - Multinational Enterprise And International Finance In The History Of Light And Power, 1878â€“2007

by Mira (Florida International University) Wilkins, Peter (Martin Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenburg, Germany) Hertner e William J. (College Of William And Mary, Virginia) Hausman

62,19€ + 10% CARD

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 This book examines how, from the late 1870s, multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the spread of electrification around the world. Although by 1978 they had been replaced by electrical utility providers, more recently they have had a revival. The result is a truly global account of electrification.
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Knowledge And Competitive Advantage - The Coevolution Of Firms, Technology, And National Institutions

by Johann Peter (Australian Graduate School Of Management, Sydney) Murmann

117,61€ + 10% CARD

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 A comparison of the development of the synthetic dye industry in Great Britain, Germany, and the US. This constitutes an important chapter in business, economic, and technological history because synthetic dyes - invented in 1857 - represent the first time that a scientific discovery quickly gave rise to a new industry.
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National Cultures And International Competition - The Experience Of Schering Ag, 1851â€“1950

by Christopher Kobrak

52,72€ + 10% CARD

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 This book is first and foremost a history of Schering AG, one of Germany's best known pharmaceutical companies, from its birth as a pharmacy in the middle of the nineteenth century to the first steps of its rebirth as a multinational in 1950.
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British Business In The Formative Years Of European Integration, 1945â€“1973

by Neil (University Of Glasgow) Rollings

78,41€ + 10% CARD

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 This book questions conventional accounts of the history of European integration and British business. Rather than focusing on the nation-state, Neil Rollings explores the role of business in European integration. Business provided a key but previously overlooked link between economic integration, political integration and Europeanization.
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Global Electrification - Multinational Enterprise And International Finance In The History Of Light And Power, 1878â€“2007

by Mira (Florida International University) Wilkins, Peter (Martin Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenburg, Germany) Hertner e William J. (College Of William And Mary, Virginia) Hausman

83,82€ + 10% CARD

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 This book examines how, from the late 1870s, multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the spread of electrification around the world. Although by 1978 they had been replaced by electrical utility providers, more recently they have had a revival. The result is a truly global account of electrification.
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Knowledge And Competitive Advantage - The Coevolution Of Firms, Technology, And National Institutions

by Johann Peter (Australian Graduate School Of Management, Sydney) Murmann

47,32€ + 10% CARD

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 A comparison of the development of the synthetic dye industry in Great Britain, Germany, and the US. This constitutes an important chapter in business, economic, and technological history because synthetic dyes - invented in 1857 - represent the first time that a scientific discovery quickly gave rise to a new industry.
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Brands, Geographical Origin, And The Global Economy - A History From The Nineteenth Century To The Present

by David M. (Newcastle University) Higgins

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 An interdisciplinary history of the campaign to secure international protection of indications of geographic origin, including 'Made in â€¦' slogans. It will appeal to students of business and economic history, geography, legal history and marketing.
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The Foundations Of Worldwide Economic Integration - Power, Institutions, And Global Markets, 1850â€“1930

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 The essays in this volume discuss worldwide economic integration between 1850 and 1930, challenging the popular description of the period after 1918 as one of deglobalisation. By showing that institutionalism altered its shape in circumstances that challenged international trade, and presenting case studies from various countries, this book offers a fresh perspective on economic globalisation.

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