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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

100 Jahre Erich Schmidt Verlag, ein Jahrhundert bewegte Unternehmensgeschichte: Einzigartige Einblicke in die Entwicklungslinien von Fachinformationsverlagen und die Erfolgsgeschichte eines Berliner Familienunternehmens erwarten Sie in dieser besonderen Edition, die mehr als eine reine...

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 --...

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 --...

The climate crisis is at the core of attention to the need for an energy transition at a scale resembling a new 'low carbon' industrial revolution. As energy transitions are relatively exceptional and prolonged processes, social scientists have increasingly turned their attention to historical...

In a narrow sense, this essay is meant to encourage business historians to consider (and reconsider) the variety of reports and forms, which can provide insights into the operation of firms and industries. U.S. bank examiner reports tell us about how nineteenth century banks operated within a...