History of Specific Companies/Corporate History

Huawei Technologies is today the world's largest telecoms equipment manufacturer and second behind Apple in smartphones. Its emergence into a multi...

Founded in 1987 by a former engineer in Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (Ren Zhengfei), Huawei Technologies is the worlds largest telecoms equipment...

Founded in 1987 by a former engineer in China's People's Liberation Army (Ren Zhengfei), Huawei Technologies is today the world's largest telecoms ...

Since its origins in the 1920s as a refrigerator factory in Qingdao supplying the Chinese market, Haier has risen to become a major multinational c...

'Any investor with skin in the game needs to buy this book.' Niall FergusonFrom the Stock Exchange to Westminster, the fantasy of an eventual 'retu...

Once a shoestring operation built on plywood sets and Australian rules football, ESPN has evolved into a media colossus. A genius for cross-promoti...

From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark f...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjo...

Think you know everything there is to know about Hammer Films, the fabled Studio that Dripped Blood? The lowdown on all the imperishable classics o...

Incorporated by veteran automakers in 1913, the Chandler Motor Car Company was initially successful in a fiercely competitive industry, manufacturi...

When André de Ruyter took over as Eskom CEO in January 2020, he quickly realised why it was considered the toughest job in South Africa.          ...

The Fall and Rise of American Finance traces the collapse and reconstitution of American financial power from the disintegration of robber baron J....

Networked Bollywood provides interdisciplinary analysis of the role of the stars in the transformation of Hindi cinema into a global entertainment ...

In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) workers. Rather than dedicating themselves body ...