Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century

by Youssef Cassis

Overview

Youssef Cassis presents a major comparative study of big business in the three leading European nations over the course of the 20th century. Drawing on a carefully constructed sample of leading companies from the UK, France, and Germany, the author analyzes the relationship between corporate and national economic performance, the impact of national difference on business performance and practice, and the composition and influence of the business elites in each country. Big Business is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of European business and the links between business practice and its wider social and political environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198296065
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/23/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Big Business1. The World of Big Business before 19142. From the 1920s to the 1950s3. Recent DevelopmentsPart II: Performances4. Profits and Profitability5. SurvivalPart III: Business Leadership6. Competences7. Decision-makingPart IV: Business, Society, and Politics8. Wealth, Status, and Power before 19149. Business Elites in Contemporary EuropeConclusionAppendixReferences

Editorial Reviews

"This provocative book is one to be reckoned with; even scholars who hold views at odds with those Cassis puts forward will find much to ponder in this synthesizing study."—Choice

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