Business History articles from April 2003

Business History archives from April 2003

British business history: a review of the periodical literature for 2001. (Survey Article).
April 1, 2003... II MEDIEVAL AND EARLY-MODERN ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS Several scholars examined medieval economic changes in urban areas. Britnell reexamines the extent of the specialisation of work between 1100 and 1300, suggesting that...

Compradors, firm architecture and the 'reinvention' of British trading companies: John Swire & Sons' operations in early twentieth-century China.
April 1, 2003... It is hard to imagine any group of enterprises whose experience more perfectly mirrors Britain's economic history since 1800 than that of its commercial trading companies. Propelled into the international economy largely as an outcome of the...

Riding the tiger: merchant-state alliance in a coalmine modernisation scheme.
April 1, 2003... Beginning in the last decade of the nineteenth century, the Chinese political leader Zhang Zhidong and Sheng Xuanhuai, the powerful merchant and manager of several major industrial enterprises, sought to construct a steel producing...

Network knowledge and network routines: negotiating activities between shipowners and shipbuilders.
April 1, 2003... Over the past decade, historians and economists have debated the relative strengths of networks and hierarchies in co-ordinating business activity. (1) While emphasising the advantages of the M-form structure in his early work, Oliver...

The role of middlemen in the international coffee trade since 1870: The dutch case.
April 1, 2003... The degree of involvement of middlemen in the trade channel is usually, implicitly or explicitly, explained by a functional argument. In other words, the role of middlemen is determined by their economic value for sellers and buyers. In the...

Transport in Britain: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... PHILIP BAG WELL and PETER LYTH, Transport in Britain: From Canal Lock to Gridlock (London: Hambledon, 2000. Pp.xvi + 272; illus.; maps. ISBN 1 85285 263 1, [pounds sterling] 19.95). This is a somewhat ambitious attempt to cover the British...

The Rise of Management Consulting in Britain. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... MICHAEL FERGUSON, The Rise of Management Consulting in Britain (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. Pp.289. Hlback ISBN 0 7546 0561 2, [pounds sterling] 47.50). Although the historian of American management consultancy, Christopher McKenna, has...

Recording an Empire: An Accounting History of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... JEFF PEARCY, Recording an Empire: An Accounting History of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, 1926-1976 (Edinburgh: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, 2001. Pp.ii + 394. ISBN 1 871250 86 2, [pounds sterling]15). An accounting...

Public Bodies, Private Lives: The Historical Construction of Life Insurance, Health Risks, and Citizenship in the Netherlands. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... KLASIEN HORSTMAN, Public Bodies, Private Lives: The Historical Construction of Life Insurance, Health Risks, and Citizenship in the Netherlands, 1880-1920 (Rotterdam: Erasmus Publishing, 2001. Pp.211. P/back ISBN 905235 1562, [euro]27). ...

Family, Family Firm and Strategy: Six Dutch Family Firms in the Food Industry, 1880-1970. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... DOREEN ARNOLDUS, Family, Family Firm and Strategy: Six Dutch Family Firms in the Food Industry, 1880-1970 (Amsterdam: Aksant, 2002. Pp.448; figures, tables. P/back ISBN 90 5260 0244, [pounds sterling]46.50/$54.95). This book investigates...

Sir Henri Deterding and Royal Dutch-Shell: Changing Control of World Oil 1900-1940. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... PAUL HENDRIX, Sir Henri Deterding and Royal Dutch-Shell: Changing Control of World Oil 1900-1940 (Bristol: Bristol Academic Press, 2002. Pp.viii + 278. H/back ISBN 0 9513762 8 4; [pounds sterling]45). Paul Hendrix, who died in 1999, had...

The Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War Against the Jews: The Expropriation of Jewish-Owned Property. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... HAROLD JAMES, The Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War Against the Jews: The Expropriation of Jewish-Owned Property (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp.xi + 268. H/back ISBN 0 521 80329 2, [pounds sterling]22.95). In the...

West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... S. JONATHAN WIESEN, West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-J955 (Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp.xvi + 329; illus. H/back ISBN 0 8078 2634 0, [pounds sterling]33.50). Aside...

European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... STEFANO BATTILOSSI and YOUSSEF CASSIS (eds.), European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp.vi + 228. H/back ISBN 0 19 925027 8,...

Regulating Spanish Banking, 1939-1975. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... M.A. PONS BRIAS, Regulating Spanish Banking, 1939-1975 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. Pp.xvii + 227. H/back ISBN 0 754601943, [pounds sterling]45). This book is the result of a Ph.D. at the Universities of Valencia and Oxford, parts of which...

Geschichte und Zukunft der Deutschen Automobilindustrie: Tagung im Rahmen der 'Chemnitzer Begegnungen 2000'. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... RUDOLF BOCH (ed.), Geschichte und Zukunft der Deutschen Automobilindustrie: Tagung im Rahmen der 'Chemnitzer Begegnungen 2000' (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001. Pp.290. ISBN 3 515 07866 5, DM 95.83). This informative collection of...

Storia Economica d'Italia. Dalla Grande Guerra al Miracolo Economico (1918-1963). (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... ROLF PETRI, Storia Economica d'Italia. Dalla Grande Guerra al Miracolo Economico (1918-1963) (Bologna: Il Mlino, 2002. Pp.364. ISBN 88 15 08435 5, [pounds sterling]19). I read this book with great pleasure and interest. It is not a...

Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World Massachusetts 1670-1780. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... PHYLLIS WHITMAN HUNTER, Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World Massachusetts 1670-1780 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001, Pp. xii + 224; illus; maps. H/back ISBN 08014 3855 1, [pounds sterling]29.95). Purchasing Identity in...

The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... SVEN BECKERT, The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896 (Cambridge: University Press, 2001. Pp.xv + 492; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 521 79039 5, [pounds sterling]25). By 1900, New...

Otto Kahn: Art, Money, & Modern Time. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... THERESA M. COLLINS, Otto Kahn: Art, Money, & Modern Time (Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp.xii + 383; illus. H/back ISBN 08078 2696 0, $34.95). The roaring capitalist 1990s were hospitably receptive...

Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... JOSHUA L. ROSENBLOOM, Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization (New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp.xvi + 208; figures; tables. H/back ISBN 0 521 80780 8 [pounds...

Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... GEOFFREY JONES and LINA GALVEZ-MUNOZ (eds.), Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance (London: Routledge, 2002. Pp.xvi + 256. H/back ISBN 0 415 25055 2, [pounds sterling]54). While much has been written on the...

Ford and the Global Strategies of Multinationals: The North American Auto Industry. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... ISABEL STUDER-NOGUEZ, Ford and the Global Strategies of Multinationals: The North American Auto Industry (London: Routledge, 2002. Pp.xx + 360. H/back ISBN 0415 20579 4, [pounds sterling]70). Until the 1960s, North America contained three...

The Boom and the Bubble: The US in the World Economy. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... ROBERT BRENNER, The Boom and the Bubble: The US in the World Economy (London and New York: Verso, 2002. Pp.xv + 303, 13 tables, 38 charts, index. H/back ISBN 1 85984 636 X, $US 23, [pounds sterling]15, $CAN 34). This book is a throwback to...

Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... IAN MacLACHLAN, Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2001. Pp.xiv + 378; illus; maps; figs. H/back ISBN 0 80200847X, [pounds sterling]35; p/back ISBN 0 80207832X, [pounds...

Technology Transfer and International Production: The Development of the Electronics Industry in Korea. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... JIN W. CYHN, Technology Transfer and International Production: The Development of the Electronics Industry in Korea (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002, Pp.xv +317. H/back ISBN 1 84064 6047, [pounds sterling]65). This well researched book is of...

Negoce Blanc en Afrique Noire. L'evolution du Commerce Longue Distance en Afrique Noire du 18e au 20e Siecles. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... HUBERT BONIN and MICHEL CAHEN (eds.), Negoce Blanc en Afrique Noire. L'evolution du Commerce Longue Distance en Afrique Noire du 18e au 20e Siecles (Paris: Publications de la Societe francaise d'histoire d'Outre-mer, 2001, Pp.422., illus....

Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... MICHAEL J. OLIVER (ed.), Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. Pp.xxvi + 225; illus. H/back ISBN 0754603717, [pounds sterling]47.50). This collection of essays marks the...

Entrepreneurship in Business and Research: Essays in Honour of Hakan Lindgren. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... MAGNUS HENREKSON, MATS LARSSON and HANS SJOGREN (eds.), Entrepreneurship in Business and Research: Essays in Honour of Hakan Lindgren (Stockholm, Probus Forlag, 2001. ISBN 9187184702, no price given). In this Festschrift for the eminent...

How Economics Forgot History--The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... GEOFFREY M. HODGSON, How Economics Forgot History--The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science (London: Routledge, 2001. Pp.xix + 422. H/back ISBN 0 415 25716 6, [pounds sterling]80; p/back ISBN 0415 257174, [pounds sterling]24.99)....

The Big Problem of Small Change. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... THOMAS J. SARGENT and FRANCOIS R. VELDE, The Big Problem of Small Change (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002. Pp.xxi + 432; illus. H/back ISBN 0 691 02932 6, [pounds sterling]27.95/$39.50). The adoption of the Euro...

The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... LIAH GREENFIELD, The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Pp.xi + 541. H/back ISBN 0 674 00614 3, $45/[pounds sterling].29.95[euro]45). The supply of books explaining the rise...

Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... WYATT WELLS, Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp.x + 276. H/back ISBN 0 231 12398 1, [pounds sterling]22). The issue of antitrust is an important but often neglected element of...

Power in Business and the State: An Historical Analysis of its Concentration. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2003... FRANK BEALEY, Power in Business and the State: An Historical Analysis of its Concentration (London: Routledge, 2001. Pp.232. H/back ISBN 0415 24697 0, [pounds sterling]55). This ambitious volume opens with the words: 'The basic theme of...

Case Histories in Business Ethics. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... CHRIS MEGONE and SIMON J. ROBINSON (eds.), Case Histories in Business Ethics (London: Routledge, 2002. Pp.viii + 183. P/back ISBN 0 415 23144 2, [pounds sterling]18.99). This book is a result of a lecture series held at the University of...

Books Received.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... TRUMAN F. BEWLEY, Why Wages Don't Fall During a Recession (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. Pp.viii + 527. P/back ISBN 0 674 00943 6; [pounds sterling]16.50). GORDON BOYCE and RICHARD GORSKI (eds.), Resources and...