Business History Books

New and Published Books

1. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship

   Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870

   By Alison Kay

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honor and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the...

   Published January 11th 2012 by Routledge
2. Pioneers in Marketing

   A Collection of Biographical Essays

   By D.G. Brian Jones

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Pioneers in Marketing: A Collection of Biographical Essays discusses eight historically important marketing scholars whose careers collectively spanned over 100 years. An introductory chapter describes the role of biography in the study of marketing thought, and introduces the eight subjects in...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. A History of Management Thought

   By Morgen Witzel

   For the past three thousand years people have been thinking about the problems of management. This book shows how thinking about management has evolved and changed. It shows how changing social, political and technological forces have challenged people to think about management in new ways, and how...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. Business History

   Complexities and Comparisons

   By Franco Amatori, Andrea Colli

   This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business – from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day. Business History is global in scope and looks at...

   Published June 5th 2011 by Routledge
5. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise

   A Comparison of the UK and Italy

   Edited by Franco Amatori, Robert Millward, Pier Angelo Toninelli

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience, it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise deals with a topic often undervalued in the past decade...

   Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
6. Narrating the Rise of Big Business in the USA

   How economists explain standard oil and Wal-Mart

   By Anne Mayhew

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   "This is a story about stories and specifically about some of the stories that Americans have told themselves about corporate economic power." In this book, Anne Mayhew focuses on the stories surrounding the creation of Standard Oil and Wal-Mart and their founders , John D. Rockefeller and Sam...

   Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge
7. Business History and International Business

   Edited by Peter Buckley

   Business History and International Business are cognate subjects. There are few, if any, studies of international business that do not require a proper study of context. International business decision making must be made relevant by a considered evaluation of the circumstances surrounding that...

   Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge
8. Technological Innovation in Retail Finance

   International Historical Perspectives

   Edited by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, J. Carles Maixé-Altés, Paul Thomes

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   This edited volume offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Documenting developments in the US alongside case studies from Mexico and Europe, Technological Innovation in Retail Finance addresses the variety of financial institutions that...

   Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
9. The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia

   By Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia surveys the growth of large corporations in Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on corporate organization, methods of finance, the business environment and corporate governance. It details the different phases of corporate and financial...

   Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge
10. Trademarks, Brands, and Competitiveness

    Edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    This book examines trademarks and brands, and their historical role in national competitive and comparative advantage and in overall economic growth. The contributors provide an historical account of the contribution of brands in consumer goods to economic growth; examine the...

    Published March 4th 2010 by Routledge