1. What, why and how? -- 2. Origins and background : a brief history of English football and the FIFA World Cup -- 3. Political capital and international diplomacy : North Korea and beyond -- 4. The FA, FIFA and the 1966 World Cup -- 5. The World Cup as a temporary show? -- 6. The World Cup,...

The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion of salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class of managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards of large and complex corporations, and not principally or exclusively as...

Cover -- Responsible business, business ethics, and management history in conversation - can history inform corporate responsibility? -- Commerce with a bit of ethics or ethics with a bit of commerce? The conundrum of British consumer co-operation 1863-1990 -- Religion and social network...

This paper is based on archival work carried out on the papers of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company Ltd., a Scottish free-standing company founded in Edinburgh in 1867. It explores the development of a hierarchical management system within the company, looking at how the company...