Although the business elites in western societies have a very privileged social background
in common, there are substantial differences in the reproduction mechanisms and social …

This special issue complements and extends existing work in business history to show how
the discipline can contribute to the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) literature. The work in this …

Introduction (by the editors of SEHR, Alfred Reckendrees and Jacob Weisdorf) On 25 May
2012, the Scandinavian Society of Economic and Social History celebrated the 60th …

The puzzle of how Nokia lost the smartphone wars has intrigued recent scholarship. Despite
Nokia's dominant position in the mobile phone industry and its technological capabilities …

The complexities of business in Africa are illustrated through the case study of economic and
business development of the different countries. By the time decolonisation brushed across …

In 1912, the Pujo Committee was created by the US Congress to investigate the activities of
bankers and financiers of Wall Street, the so-called Money Trust. Based partly on the …

This chapter explains the development of the Dutch corporate network of exchange-listed
firms between 1903 and 2008. A number of sociologists and historians have already …

Business history as a discipline has focussed on the rm, in the sense of an organization
totally dedicated to business: unlike a household or individual, however economically active …

Монография АБ Гехта (канд. ист. наук, зав. кафедрой истории и регионоведения Санкт-
Петербургского государственного университета телекоммуникаций им. МА Бонч …

Capitalism, or the system of business, varies between countries since it is the product of both
local conditions and the transmission of ideas and practices from abroad. Attempts to …