The Rise of Modern Business
Title | The Rise of Modern Business PDF eBook |
Author | Mansel G. Blackford |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | 297 |
Release | 2012-07-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 146960020X |
The Rise of Modern Business compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in several countries from the preindustrial era to the present. Paying close attention to connections between business development and political, social, and cultural changes, Blackford addresses both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, small firms as well as big businesses. For this third edition, he updates his study in light of new scholarship, with special attention paid to the structural diversity of business firms and with a timely discussion about the reciprocal relationship between business and the environment. The business history of Germany is extensively updated, and there is entirely new coverage of the business history of China, a country whose growing political and economic prowess on the world stage demands the historical and contextual understanding of business scholars today.
The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan
Title | The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Mansel G. Blackford |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780807847329 |
Newly revised and updated, "The Rise of Modern Business" compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in Great Britain, the United States, Japan, and, to a lesser extent, Germany from the preindustrial era to the present, wi
The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930
Title | The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930 PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Stephen Smith |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 600 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business enterprises |
ISBN | 9780674019393 |
Smith explains how France abandoned merchant capitalism for the corporate enterprise that would come to dominate its economy and project influence around the globe. Opposing the view that French economic and business development was crippled by missed opportunities and entrepreneurial failures, he presents a story of considerable achievement.
The Rise of Modern Industry
Title | The Rise of Modern Industry PDF eBook |
Author | J.L. Hammond |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 113659714X |
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Origins of Business, Money, and Markets
Title | The Origins of Business, Money, and Markets PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Roberts |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | 381 |
Release | 2011-06-28 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0231526857 |
To understand business and its political, cultural, and economic context, it helps to view it historically, yet most business histories look no further back than the nineteenth century. The full sweep of business history actually begins much earlier, with the initial cities of Mesopotamia. In the first book to describe and explain these origins, Roberts depicts the society of ancient traders and consumers, tracing the roots of modern business and underscoring the relationship between early and modern business practice. Roberts's narrative begins before business, which he defines as selling to voluntary buyers at a profit. Before business, he shows, the material conditions and concepts for the pursuit of profit did not exist, even though trade and manufacturing took place. The earliest business, he suggests, arose with the long distance trade of early Mesopotamia, and expanded into retail, manufacturing and finance in these command economies, culminating in the Middle Eastern empires. (Part One) But it was the largely independent rise of business, money, and markets in classical Greece that produced business much as we know it. Alexander the Great's conquests and the societies that his successors created in their kingdoms brought a version of this system to the old Middle Eastern empires, and beyond. (Part Two) At Rome this entrepreneurial market system gained important new features, including business corporations, public contracting, and even shopping malls. The story concludes with the sharp decline of business after the 3rd century CE. (Part Three) In each part, Roberts portrays the major new types of business coming into existence. He weaves these descriptions into a narrative of how the prevailing political, economic, and social culture shaped the nature and importance of business and the status, wealth, and treatment of business people. Throughout, the discussion indicates how much (and how little) business has changed, provides a clear picture of what business actually is, presents a model for understanding the social impact of business as a whole, and yields stimulating insights for public policy today.
Makers and Takers
Title | Makers and Takers PDF eBook |
Author | Rana Foroohar |
Publisher | Currency |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0553447254 |
Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America? "A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held equally on both sides of political spectrum, and it seems only to be gaining momentum. A key reason, says Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar, is the fact that Wall Street is no longer supporting Main Street businesses that create the jobs for the middle and working class. She draws on in-depth reporting and interviews at the highest rungs of business and government to show how the “financialization of America”—the phenomenon by which finance and its way of thinking have come to dominate every corner of business—is threatening the American Dream. Now updated with new material explaining how our corrupted financial system propelled Donald Trump to power, Makers and Takers explores the confluence of forces that has led American businesses to favor balance-sheet engineering over the actual kind, greed over growth, and short-term profits over putting people to work. From the cozy relationship between Wall Street and Washington, to a tax code designed to benefit wealthy individuals and corporations, to forty years of bad policy decisions, she shows why so many Americans have lost trust in the system, and why it matters urgently to us all. Through colorful stories of both “Takers,” those stifling job creation while lining their own pockets, and “Makers,” businesses serving the real economy, Foroohar shows how we can reverse these trends for a better path forward.
The Rise of the Global Company
Title | The Rise of the Global Company PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Fitzgerald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 635 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521849748 |
Readable, wide-ranging history of multinational enterprise, exploring its role in international events and influence on globalization and the modern world.