This article examines the growth of J. Walter Thompson in inter-war Belgium. This leading US advertising agency established a branch in London in the late nineteenth century, followed by an office in Antwerp, a leading European port as well as an industrial centre. Belgium, as a small...

Time is money, as the saying goes, and time wasted is therefore costly both to the individual and also to the community when it comes to clogged roads. What should then be done to reduce the waste of time and the costs incurred by traffic congestion? In this article André de Palma, Serge Pahaut...