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9780198296065

Big Business The European Experience in the Twentieth Century

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    9780198296065

  • ISBN10:

    0198296061

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Youssef Cassis presents a major comparative study of big business in the three leading European nations over the course of the 20th century. Drawing on a carefully constructed sample of leading companies from the UK, France, and Germany, the author analyzes the relationship between corporate and national economic performance, the impact of national difference on business performance and practice, and the composition and influence of the business elites in each country. Big Business is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of European business and the links between business practice and its wider social and political environment.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
xiii
PART I: BIG BUSINESS 1(72)
The World of Big Business before 1914
9(22)
Banking and finance
11(3)
Heavy industry
14(5)
The diversity of British big business
19(5)
The new industries in Germany
24(3)
Big business in France
27(4)
From the 1920s to the 1950s
31(32)
The rise of big business in Britain
35(11)
The stability of German big business
46(8)
Strengths and weaknesses of French big business
54(9)
Recent Developments
63(10)
New dimension
63(2)
Convergence
65(8)
PART II: PERFORMANCES 73(46)
Profits and Profitability
77(25)
Profits
78(8)
Profitability
86(16)
Survival
102(17)
Longevity
103(3)
Growth
106(13)
PART III: BUSINESS LEADERSHIP 119(68)
Competence
123(34)
Founders, inheritors, and managers
123(9)
Education and training
132(10)
Career patterns
142(15)
Decision-Making
157(30)
Company boards
157(7)
Organizational structures
164(4)
Multiple directorships
168(8)
Banks and industry
176(11)
PART IV: BUSINESS, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS 187(44)
Wealth, Status, and Power before 1914
191(23)
Business fortunes
191(3)
Aristocracy and bourgeoisie
194(12)
Political influence
206(8)
Business Elites in Contemporary Europe
214(17)
Wealth and the corporate elite
214(2)
Social status
216(6)
Businessmen and politics
222(9)
Conclusion 231(7)
Appendix: List of Companies Included in the Samples: 1907, 1929, and 1953 238(29)
Index 267

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