Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

ISBN-13: 9780198294504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 416 str.

Geoffrey Jones

Opis

This book examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Recenzje

This book is original and subtle, careful to pick up nuances, and to delineate properly its topic. It is a major accomplishment. Jones is ready to generalize and to theorize, but he does not oversimplify. The book will set the reader reflecting on British economic development and the British role in the global economy. It is essential reading for every economic and business historian interested in the history of multinational enterprise, in British economic history, and also in where British business fits in the evolution of the world economy.

O autorze

Geoffrey Jones is Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School