History of Specific Companies/Corporate History

A Spectator Book of the Year “Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about empire.” —Wi...

A deeply researched account of the life and legacy of the man who defined the profession of private eye Allan Pinkerton, the world's most famous p...

A definitive history of the United States’ recovery from the Great Depression—and the New Deal's true part in it. FDR’s New Deal has long enjoyed a...

After a tumultuous beginning, the Malnati family turned a small business headed for bankruptcy into the pizzerias that became Chicagoland’s most ic...

For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and ...

In 1988 several white managers of the Shoney’s restaurant chain protested against the company’s discriminatory hiring practices, including an order...

This book’s predecessor, The Grapevine of the Black South, emphasized the owners of the Atlanta Daily World and its operation of the Scott Newspape...

This book’s predecessor, The Grapevine of the Black South, emphasized the owners of the Atlanta Daily World and its operation of the Scott Newspape...

Technology in the world today has contributed to promote organisational competitiveness and national development. But most developing countries hav...

Der Selbstorganisationsgedanke wird vor dem Hintergrund steigender Umweltkomplexität immer wichtiger. Die Idee, daß sich Mitarbeiter selbst steuern...

Informationsüberlastung ist ein hochaktuelles Thema. In den Unternehmen explodiert das Angebot an Information, wobei aber die Informationsverarbeit...

The service sector occupies a dominant position in the Japanese economy, yet few studies have looked at the way the industry developed. This book, ...

This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East ...

This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East ...

'Explosive' Esquire 'Epic' Financial Times 'Riveting' Vanity FairSumner Redstone was the CEO of Hollywood's most influential company: the powerhous...

Copper King in Central Africa offers a detailed account of the corporate history of the Rhokana/Rokana Corporation and its Nkana mine. Thematically...

Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men ...

First published in 1986. The free market is often associated with liberty and individualism, and this connection has been made for more centuries t...

Triggered largely by claims that small businesses were the main source of new jobs, an ‘explosion’ of interest in enterprise, entrepreneurs and sma...

At the time of its collapse in 2001, Enron was one of the largest companies in the world, boasting revenue of over $100 billion. During the 1990s e...

Industrial Clusters shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic of industrial clusters, with a particular focus on clustering in the UK, bring...

The service sector occupies a dominant position in the Japanese economy, yet few studies have looked at the way the industry developed. This book, ...

This book breaks new ground, taking business history where it has only reluctantly gone in the past. The introduction reviews the small, but growin...

First published in 1921, this book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of economics to beginners, with only the more intricate and cont...

At a time when daily print newspapers across the country are failing, the Michigan Daily continues to thrive. Completely operated by students of th...

This book aims at developing an understanding of multicultural work in five Organisations of the United Nations. The context of international organ...

This book is about the ethics of leadership. The author examines central theories of leadership and their ethical content, from charismatic leaders...

In Normalized Financial Wrongdoing, Harland Prechel examines how social structural arrangements that extended corporate property rights and increas...

In Normalized Financial Wrongdoing, Harland Prechel examines how social structural arrangements that extended corporate property rights and increas...

Tenacious patterns of ethnic and economic inequality persist in the rural, largely minority regions of China's north- and southwest. Such inequalit...

The Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms (the Bolton Committee Report) was produced at a time of significant political change. The 197...

Italian accounting has a long and honourable tradition of theoretical and applied analysis of the accounting and reporting function, perceived and ...

This book focuses on the business story of Walt Disney and the company he built. Combining a unique blend of entrepreneurship, creativity, innovati...

Between 1815 and 1890, the German book market experienced phenomenal growth, driven by German publishers’ dynamic entrepreneurial attitude towards ...

The Routledge Companion to Marketing History is the first collection of readings that surveys the broader field of marketing history, including the...