Business History Complexities and Comparisons [Hardcover]

This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business  from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day.

Business Historyis global in scope and looks at the major players  Europe, the US and Japan  as well as emerging economies, such as China and India. Focusing mainly on big business, Amatori and Colli critically analyze the firm and its interaction with the evolution of economic, technological and political systems at the micro and macro levels.

This up-to-date textbook is an exceptional resource for students on economic and business history courses, as well as for practitioners interested in broadening their understanding of business.

Part 1: Relevant Issues  1. Introduction  2. Business History and Theories of the Firm  3. Entrepreneurship  Part 2: The Company Between the Pre-Industrial Era and the First Industrial Revolution  4. Pre-Industrial Manufacturing  5. Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of the First Industrial Revolution  6. Technology, Society and the Factory System  Part 3: The Birth and Consolidation of Big Business  7. Infrastructures  8. Technology and Organization  9. National Patterns  Part 4: State and Market in the Period between the Two World Wars  10. The Multi-Divisional Corporation and Managerial Capitalism  11. Europe between the Two Wars: Convergence and Divergence with the U.S.  12. At the Origins of the Japanese Miracle: Entrepreneurship, the State and Business Groups  Part 5: From the Post-War Years to the Fall of the Wall: TlS'