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Business history 4,164 Unternehmensgeschichte 4,164 Geschichte 704 Wirtschaftsgeschichte 647 Economic history 645 USA 627 United States 605 Deutschland 526 Germany 502 Großbritannien 363 United Kingdom 349 History 308 Familienunternehmen 277 Family business 277 Welt 239 World 239 Multinationales Unternehmen 235 Transnational corporation 227 Deutschland (bis 1945) 169 Germany (until 1945) 169 Frankreich 163 France 162 Entrepreneurship 161 Entrepreneurship approach 161 Unternehmen 161 Italien 157 Italy 156 Automotive industry 139 Kfz-Industrie 139 Unternehmer 136 Firm performance 134 Unternehmensperformance 134 Bank 129 Schweiz 121 Industriegeschichte 120 Strategisches Management 120 Switzerland 119 Entrepreneurs 115 Industrial history 115 Strategic management 111
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Book / Working Paper 2,549 Article 1,591 Journal 27
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Article in journal 1,018 Book section 522 Case study 156 Biography 121 Working paper 105 Proceedings 57 Reference work 15 Review 8 Literature review 7 Handbook 5 Textbook 5 Glossary included 4 Government document 2 Guidebook 2 Introduction 1 Statistics 1
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English 2,824 German 854 French 160 Italian 104 Spanish 97 Russian 54 Swedish 30 Portuguese 24 Norwegian 21 Danish 12 Polish 7 Czech 4 Romanian 3 Dutch 2 Undetermined 2 Bulgarian 1 Valencian 1 Estonian 1 Croatian 1 Hungarian 1 Lithuanian 1 Slovenian 1 Ukrainian 1
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Jones, Geoffrey 49 Raff, Daniel M. G. 24 Colli, Andrea 22 Amatori, Franco 20 Chandler, Alfred Dupont 16 Donzé, Pierre-Yves 16 Berghoff, Hartmut 15 Lluch, Andrea 15 Merrett, David 15 Mills, Albert J. 15 Popp, Andrew 15 Temin, Peter 15 Bucheli, Marcelo 14 Lubinski, Christina 14 Fernández Pérez, Paloma 13 Rowlinson, Michael 13 Wilson, John F. 13 James, Harold 11 Lamoreaux, Naomi R. 11 Pohl, Hans 11 Scranton, Philip 11 Toms, Steven 11 Barbero, María Inés 10 Barjot, Dominique 10 Feldenkirchen, Wilfried 10 Lamberg, Juha-Antti 10 McIntosh, Malcolm 10 Thomas, Ruth 10 Ville, Simon P. 10 Wadhwani, R. Daniel 10 Bühler, Heike 9 Dürig, Uta-Micaela 9 Hilger, Susanne 9 Jenkins, David 9 Jong, Abe de 9 Kipping, Matthias 9 Plumpe, Werner 9 Pohl, Manfred 9 Sluyterman, Keetie E. 9 Vasta, Michelangelo 9
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National Bureau of Economic Research 11 NZZ Libro 8 Verlag C.H. Beck 8 Historische Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank 7 Books on Demand GmbH <Norderstedt> 6 Heidelberg-Cement AG 6 Stiftung Familienunternehmen 5 De Gruyter Oldenbourg 4 Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 4 Eugen-Gutmann-Gesellschaft 4 Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger 4 Norddeutscher Lloyd 4 Verlag Franz Vahlen 4 Wallstein-Verlag 4 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG 3 George Routledge & Sons <London> 3 German Society for Business History 3 Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte 3 Gesellschaft für Westfälische Wirtschaftsgeschichte 3 Hoffmann-La Roche, F., AG Editiones Roche 3 Lloyd's <London> 3 Nikon Corporation 3 Steinbeis-Stiftung für Wirtschaftsförderung 3 Taylor & Francis Group 3 VIAG-Aktiengesellschaft 3 Volkswagen AG / Historische Kommunikation 3 Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 2 Arbeitskreis für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins 2 Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em História Econômica 2 August Dreesbach Verlag 2 Business History Conference 2 Crédit Industriel et Commercial <Paris> 2 DVB-Bank <Frankfurt am Main> 2 Draiflessen Collection 2 East Lothian and Merse Whale Fishing Company 2 Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand 2 Economic and Business Historical Society 2 Economic and Business History Society 2 Edward Elgar Publishing 2 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich / Lehrstuhl für Umweltnatur- und Umweltsozialwissenschaften 2
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Business history 171 Business history review 138 Enterprise & society : the international journal of business history 100 Management & organizational history : MOH 59 Journal of historical research in marketing 50 Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 49 The Oxford handbook of business history 36 Routledge international studies in business history 33 Business and economic history : journal of the Business History Conference 28 Working papers / Harvard Business School, Division of Research 28 Essays in economic and business history : the journal of the Economic and Business History Society 22 Beiträge zur Unternehmensgeschichte : BzUG 19 Tradition kommunizieren : das Handbuch der Heritage Communication ; wie Unternehmen ihre Wurzeln und Werte professionell vermitteln 19 SpringerLink / Bücher 18 The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms : the Australian experience of globalisation 17 Business history around the world 16 Evolution of family business : continuity and change in Latin America and Spain 16 Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 16 A comparative history of national oil companies 14 Alfred D. Chandler ; Vol. 2 14 Journal of management history : JMH 14 Management & organizational history : M&OH 14 Springer eBook Collection 14 The power of corporate networks : a comparative and historical perspective 14 Alfred D. Chandler ; Vol. 1 13 Harvard studies in business history 13 Netzwerke - Nachfolge - Soziales Kapital : Familienunternehmen im Rheinland im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert 12 Stimmt die Chemie? : Mitbestimmung und Sozialpolitik in der Geschichte des Bayer-Konzerns 12 Australian economic history review : a journal of economic, business & social history 10 A business and labour history of Britain : case studies of Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 9 Harvard Studies in Business History 9 NBER working paper series 9 Organization studies : an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the study of organizations, organizing, and the organized in and between societies 9 Schriftenreihe zur Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 9 Corporations that changed the world 8 Der Heidelberger Portländer 8 German Yearbook on Business History 8 Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper 8 Información comercial española : ICE : revista de economía 8 Public enterprises today : missions, performance and governance ; learning from fifteen cases : missions, performance, gouvernance ; leçon de quinze études de cas 8
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Executive training as a turning point in strategic renewal processes
Nevalainen, Pasi; Lamberg, Juha-Antti; Seppälä, Jarmo; … - 2025
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The value of corporate history as ''organizational explicit knowledge''
Kishi, Mariko; Fujii, Akihiro - 2026
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Rise and fall of the Franchini Family : a sad case of fraud
Dalla Rosa, Elisa - 2025
The paper focuses on the history of an entrepreneurial family, member of the local élite of Verona in between the old typographical regime and the modern publishing industry. It also describes the rise and fall of a family company with large interests in the field of printing, cardboard...
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The merchant guild's business philosophy and corporate innovation
Zhang, Yanyu; Wang, Xiaoyu; Zou, Rukang - 2026
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The proprietorial theory of the firm and its consequences
Quail, John - 2026
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The proprietorial theory of the firm and its consequences
Quail, John - 2020
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From crisis to control : the revival of Banco di Napoli's land credit under the management of Nicola Miraglia
Muscherà, Mattia - 2025
This paper examines the pivotal role of Nicola Miraglia in steering the Banco di Napoli through a tumultuous period of economic crisis and institutional decay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Miraglia undertook the daunting task of managing a bank on the brink of bankruptcy due to the...
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A business history of the trade book publishing industry in the U.S : disruption and dynamic change in a creative industry, 2000-2025
Greco, Albert N. - 2026
Introduction: Definitions, Major Trade Book Publishers, and Important Managerial Theories that Impacted the Trade Book Publishing Industry -- Brief History of the U.S. Trade Book Publishing Industry to 2000: Major Authors, Bestsellers, and Business Developments -- The Creation of Today’s...
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Private empires : the development of offshore commercial and financial services in tax havens : 1955-1979
Mollan, Simon; Sævold, Kristine - 2025
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A History of German Business : In Global Context from the late 19th Century until the End of the Second World War
Yamazaki, Toshio - 2026
Introduction Research Topics and Analytical Framework -- History of Globalism of Hegemonic Countries and Its Influences -- Overview of the Total System of Business Management in Germany Comparison of Periods of the Second Reich the Weimar Republic National Socialism and the Postwar Era --...
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Finding El Dorado : the rise and fall of the Jenks business group in Colombia : 1899-1929
Primmer, Andrew - 2025
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The commerce of comfort : exploring retail trade and consumer patterns in late 18th-century Courland
Baumgartl, Matthias; Kruk, Oliver - 2025
While several studies have shed light on the emergence of consumer society in Western Europe and the Atlantic world, our knowledge on the spread of new consumption patterns in regions beyond the core areas of European economic development is still limited. To gain insights into patterns of...
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Business Trajectories in the History of Spain : Sectors, Figures and Transformations
2026
Chapter 1. Companies and Entrepreneurs: An Economic History Perspective -- Chapter 2. The Spanish System of Grain Banks (Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries) -- Chapter 3. Entrepreneurship and Spanish Bourgeoisie at the Start of the Liberal Revolution: Study of Antequera (Malaga), 1835-1836 --...
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Bridging the empire : construction projects of the Gutehoffnungshütte in the colonial state of Cameroon (1909-1914)
Kleinöder, Nina - 2025
This article proposes to take a fresh look at Germany’s colonial past and its key players in order to trace the particular influence of economy in colonial contexts. It presents the Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH) as a colonial actor outside the sectors typically explored in the context of the...
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Network Analysis for Economic, Business and Financial History : Methodological Advances and Applications
2026
Introduction -- Part I Thinking in Networks: Approaches to Economic, Business, and Financial History -- Decoding Complex Socio-Economic Interactions in History through Social Network Analysis -- Improving Business History through Social Network Analysis and data -- Webs of Money: Social Network...
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(Post-)colonial business history and the coloniality of the firm : the case of the Woermann Group, 1884-1945
Todzi, Kim Sebastian - 2025
By providing a working definition of an expatriate colonial business, this article examines the role of the Woermann group's integration into and support of colonialism through trade, plantations, and logistics. Focusing on its activities in Cameroon and the pivotal role of the Woermann Linie...
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Un siècle d'industrie verrière à Vierzon : du limonadier à la verrerie d'art, 1861-1957
Pellerin, Nadia; Facchini, Emma; Assegond, Christèle - 2026
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The emergence of a cooperative amidst economic disruption : a historical narrative of Amul Coop in India
Ghosh, Abhijit; Chakrabarti, Abhirup - 2025
This study presents a process narrative of how cooperatives emerge during periods of economic disruption. Cooperative organizations are pluralistic and embedded in existing local economic contexts. Yet, the role that such organizations play can be pronounced when economic disruption occurs in...
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Dynamics of international business : globalization and geopolitics
Colli, Andrea - 2026 - Second edition
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Corporate reckoning : how businesses can address historical wrongs
Federman, Sarah - 2026
"Increasingly, corporate executives are asked to atone for their predecessors' moral transgressions, this book shows them how to respond in ways that are good for them and good for others"-- Provided by publisher
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Business history as institutional history
Langlois, Richard N. - 2025 - Third draft
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Henkel : from laundry detergent manufacturer to global player
Scholtyseck, Joachim - 2026
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The rhythm of strategy : a corporate biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia
Dieleman, Marleen - 2025 - First edition.
Preface, List of Tables, List of Figures, 1. Introduction, 2. The Birth of a Conglomerate, 3. The Midas Touch, 4. Fire-Fighting, 5. Axis of Opportunity, 6. Evolution of the Salim Group Strategy, 7. Conclusions, Annex 1: Sources, Annex 2: Time Series Analysis of Business Events, Annex 3: Overview...
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The Rhythm of Strategy : A Corporate Biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia
Dieleman, Marleen - 2007
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The rhythm of strategy : a corporate biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia
Dieleman, Marleen - 2007
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Upgrading traditional industries in interwar Japan : from cotton tabi to Bridgestone Tyres
Learmouth, Tom - 2025
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Banking on a Corporate Rebrand
Mitchener, Kris; Jaremski, Matthew S.; Rieder, Kilian - 2026
Firms often rebrand to counter negative shocks, but can it work? Using a historical natural experiment, we analyze a large sample of companies from the same industry (banking) that shared very similar names, but overwhelmingly decided to change them in response to a common, negative news shock....
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Introducing the inverted Icarus paradox in business history : evidence from David and Goliath in the Swedish telecommunications industry 1981-1990
Eriksson, Klas; Lakomaa, Erik; Nykvist, Rasmus; … - 2025
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Security strategies in international business history : German companies in Asia in the 20th century
2026
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When procedures and ideology replace strategy in corporate political activity : industry associations in Interwar Finland
Lamberg, Juha-Antti; Mantere, Saku; Pajunen, Kalle - 2025
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Super Nintendo : the game-changing company that unlocked the power of play
Macdonald, Keza - 2026
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King Pong : how Atari bounced across markets to make millions
Guins, Raiford - 2026
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Creating an entrepreneurs' movement : SME associations as political actors in late twentieth-century Finland
Jensen-Eriksen, Niklas - 2025
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Competitive advantages of family firms : a historical management perspective on a Spanish chocolatier
Jou-Badal, Xavier - 2026 - First edition
At the turn of the 20th century, Barcelona's industrialist bourgeoisie showcased their wealth commissioning family residences from renowned architects embracing the modernist style. Within these families, a chocolatier emerged, expressing opulence through the iconic Casa Amatller, now a symbol...
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Histories of entrepreneurship education
Stutz, Christian; Sørensen, Anders Ravn; Viebig, Christoph - 2025
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In the company of nature : regenerating business, community and the living world
2026
"In The Company of Nature tells the extraordinary story of House of Hackney, the British B Corp design house that set out to bring Nature into the home and ended up rewilding the idea of business itself. Seeking interiors for their home that were beautiful, responsibly made and inspired by...
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Techno-nationalism and capability development in the global pharmaceuticals industry : 1918-1970
Godley, Andrew; Buckley, Tom; Joseph, Marrisa - 2025
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75 Jahre AGV : Festschrift zum 75-jährigen Jubiläum des AGV : 1950-2025
Blank, Julia - 2025
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Apple : die ersten 50 Jahre
Pogue, David - 2026
Von Visionen zur Revolution: Wie die Rebellen von Cupertino unsere digitale Welt veränderten. In David Pogues mitreißender Unternehmensbiografie entfaltet sich die Geschichte einer technologischen Rebellion, die in einer kalifornischen Garage begann und die Welt für immer veränderte. Der...
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The internationalization of the newspaper industry 1989-2002 : three Scandinavian cases
Lakomaa, Erik; Wahlund, Richard - 2024
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Royal histories : the transformation of the Royal Bank of Canada, 1864-2022
Garrod, Joel Z. - 2025
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The changing ranks of corporate leaders
Cappelli, Peter; Bonet, Rocio; Hamori, Monika - 2024
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Die Exzellenzfabrik : wie Rolex zur Weltmarke wurde
Donzé, Pierre-Yves - 2025
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Der Nvidia Weg : Jensen Huang und die Entstehung eines Tech-Giganten
Kim, Tae - 2025 - Erste Ausgabe
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Multinational enterprises' nonmarket strategies : insights from History
Bucheli, Marcelo; De Berge, Thomas - 2024
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Shaping contexts through entrepreneurship : a micro-historical analysis of Hongbang entrepreneurs in China (1896-1949)
Xu, Cheng; Zhou, Haibo; Fan, Bohong; Sun, Yanqi - 2024
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Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business
Jones, Geoffrey; Lopes, Teresa da Silva; Pavida Pananond; … - 2025
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Private regulation, institutional entrepreneurship and climate change : a business history perspective
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin; Jones, Geoffrey - 2024
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Introduction family business history : a bibliometric approach (1949–2023)
López-Mora, Teresa Mateo; Ortiz Villajos, José María; … - 2025
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Large family business in Mexico : legacy and longevity
Almaraz, Araceli - 2025
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The car industry and climate change : a historical review
Näsman, Mattias; Ballor, Grace - 2024
In the second half of the twentieth century, the car industry became a lightning rod for debates about human contributions to climate change. Widespread motorisation galvanised the green movements of the 1960s and 1970s, regulators increasingly demanded the use of pollution and climate...
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For family and country : enduring entrepreneurial family firms in South Africa in the twentieth century
Verhoef, Grietjie - 2025
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A microlevel analysis of Danish dairy cooperatives : opportunities for large data in business history
Sharp, Paul; Henriques, Sofia; McLaughlin, Eoin; … - 2024
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