Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Gentlemen Banking Before 1914 -- 2. The Social World of Private Bankers -- 3. Anti-Semitism in Economic Networks -- 4. Disrupting the Balance: The Great War -- 5. The Significance of Social Ties: Harvard -- 6. Complex International Alliances: Japan -- 7....

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Mercantile Credit in Britain and America, 1700-1860 -- 2 A "System of Espionage": The Origins of the Credit-Reporting Firm -- 3 Character, Capacity, Capital: How to Be Creditworthy -- 4 Jewish Merchants and the Struggle over Transparency -- 5 Growth,...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Overview -- 1 Differences, Concepts, Themes, and Approach -- 2 Evolving Paths of Learning -- II The Chemical Industry -- 3 The Major American Companies -- 4 The Focused American Companies -- 5 The European Competitors -- 6 The American...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Thyssen & Co., 1871-1914 -- 1 August Thyssen, Victorian Entrepreneur -- 2 If I Rest, I Rust -- 3 Creating Management -- 4 Accounting for Control -- 5 Sustaining Innovation -- II. The Thyssen-Konzern,...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Connections at Work -- 1 Social Capital and the Mechanisms of Success -- 2 Organizing and Synthesizing Social Capital -- 3 Social Rungs on Corporate Ladders -- 4 Contacts and Buffers -- 5 The Business of Integration...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The First World War, 1914-1918 -- 2. America's New Role, 1919-1923 -- 3. Survival, Expansion, and New Arrivals, 1919-1923 -- 4. Prosperity, 1924-1929 -- 5. The Foreign Multinationals, 1924-1929...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- 1. Introduction: Concepts and Approach -- 2. Consumer Electronics: The United States: The Creation and Destruction of a National Industry -- 3. Consumer Electronics: Japan's Paths to Global Conquest -- 4. Mainframes and Minicomputers: The...