The History of Royal Dutch Shell Four-Volume Set

by Howarth, Stephen; Jonker, Joost; Sluyterman, Keetie; van Zanden, Jan Luiten

• ISBN13: 9780199298778
• ISBN10: 0199298777
• Edition: Boxed
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is one of the world's leading oil enterprises. This three volume history, based on extensive access to the Shell archives, will be the first major academic history of the group. It is also beautifully illustrated.

Author Biography

Stephen Howarth , an independent full-time author of history since 1979, has 14 major published works on a wide range of subjects. His corporate histories include The Story of P&O (co-written with David Howarth, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987), Sea Shell: The Story of Shell's British Tanker Fleets, 1892-1992 ( Thomas Reed, 1992), A Century in Oil: The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, 1897-1997 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997), and Henry Poole, Founders of Savile Row: The Making of a Legend (Bene Factum, 2003). Stephen Howarth is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Joost Jonker is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Utrecht. He graduated from the Free University, Amsterdam, and has since specialized in financial and business history.
Keetie E. Sluyterman is Professor of Business History at Utrecht University, and senior researcher at the Research Institute for History and Culture at the same university. She has written or jointly authored a large number of commissioned business histories, including Oce, De Kuyper, Proost and Brandt, CSM, Rabobank, and Hagemeyer.
Jan Luiten van Zanden is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Utrecht.
Van Zanden studied economics and history at the Free University of Amsterdam, received a Ph D from the Agricultural university of Wageningen (in 1985), and has published widely on the economic history of Western Europe and Indonesia.

Table of Contents

From Challenger to Joint Industry Leader, 1890-1939 General Introduction Introduction to Volume I

From Opposite Ends Towards a Common Purpose, 1890-1907

An Enterprise Waiting to be Made, 1907-1914

Surviving the Crucible, 1914-1919

At the Peak of its Power, 1919-1929

The Contours of a Mature Corporation: management and staff relations

The Evolution of Technology, Research, and Marketing

Taxing Times, 1929-1939 Conclusion of Volume I

Powering the Hydrocarbon Revolution, 1939-1973 Introduction to Volume II

A Worldwide Group Endures a Worldwide War, 1939-1945

Losses and Gains in Access to Oil, 1945-1968

New Money, New Management: The Expansion and Reformation of the Group, 1945-1968

Creating Competitive Advantages, 1945-1968

Beyond the Core Business, 1945-1972

The Seven Sisters and the Dominance of the World Oil Industry,1969-1973 Conclusion of Volume II Volume III: Keeping Competitive In Turbulent Markets, 1973-2007 Introduction to Volume III

Coping with OPEC, 1973-1986

Mixed Results of the Diversification Strategy, 1973-2000

Adjusting to a World of Low Oil Prices and Global Markets, 1986-2000

Motivating Staff and Shareholders, 1973-1998

License to Operate: Company Response to Public Scrutiny

New Challenges in the 21st century Conclusion of

Collective Conclusion of the Work

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