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Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939

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ISBN-10: 0521557712

ISBN-13: 9780521557719

Edition: 1995

Authors: Christopher J. Schmitz, Maurice Kirby

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This is the first available introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before WW2. The book discusses the evolution of firms like Ford, Exxon, Unilever and Siemens.
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Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/28/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Acknowledgements and Note
Editor's preface
Introduction
The nature and origins of big business
Variations in the rise and spread of big business
Institutional and technological factors
Markets, hierarchies and the managerial revolution
The impact of big business
Conclusions: history and theory
Notes and references
Select bibliography
Index