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41. F. W. Taylor

    Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

    Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

    Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

    This collection focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), the initiator of 'scientific management'. Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art form into a firm body of knowledge. His work is synonymous with breaking down tasks into the smallest detail, diagnosing the...

    Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge
42. American Corporate Economy

    Edited by William Lazonick

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    In the twentieth century, the United States emerged as the world's largest and most powerful economy. Understanding the evolution, organization and performance of the American corporate enterprise in this period is an indispensable foundation for understanding the evolution, organization, and...

    Published February 20th 2002 by Routledge
43. Henri Fayol

    Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

    Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

    Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

    Henri Fayol, (1841-1925) along with F. W. Taylor, is one of the founders of 'classical management'. Fayol's work was the first significant attempt to develop principles of top-level management and one of the first attempts to analyse the different activities that constitute management. Fayol viewed...

    Published November 21st 2001 by Routledge
44. Foreign Multinationals in the United States

    Edited by Lina Gálvez-Muñoz, Geoffrey G Jones

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    In this volume, leading scholars in international business and business history in the United States, Europe and Japan examine the experiences of a range of firms in the United States. They survey British, Canadian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese firms, and span a range of sectors including...

    Published September 12th 2001 by Routledge
45. Global Companies in the Twentieth Century

    Selected Archival Histories

    Edited by Malcolm McIntosh

    Today the world is dominated by global brands. In tracking their development, this set offers a fascinating slant on the history of the world. Most of the companies included started as small, local businesses developing their domestic markets first before launching into new territories, while a few...

    Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
46. Global Companies in the Twentieth Century (POD)

    Selected Archival Histories

    Edited by Malcolm McIntosh

    Today the world is dominated by global brands. In tracking their development, this set offers a fascinating slant on the history of the world. Most of the companies included started as small, local businesses developing their domestic markets first before launching into new territories, while a few...

    Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
47. Co-operative Structures in Global Business

    Communicating, Transferring Knowledge and Learning across the Corporate Frontier

    By Gordon H. Boyce

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    Using a series of twelve historical case-studies that are based on extensive archival research, this book explains why firms succeed or fail in communicating or transferring knowledge and discovering new expertise. By analysing how workable trade-offs between opposing forces have been achieved in...

    Published October 11th 2000 by Routledge
48. Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan

    Business in Lancashire and Kansai 1890-1990

    Edited by Takeshi Abe, Douglas A. Farnie, David J. Jeremy, Tetuso Nakaoka, John F. Wilson

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of Lancashire and Kansai....

    Published December 1st 1999 by Routledge
49. The Multinational Traders

    By Geoffrey G Jones

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    This book is a detailed account of the evolution and theory of multinational trading companies. The book features contributions from an international selection of US, European and Asian economists and business historians which demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment...

    Published August 12th 1998 by Routledge
50. American Investment in British Manufacturing Industry

    2nd Edition

    By John Dunning

    This classic work, first published in 1958, is a seminal text in international business history. This new, substantially updated and revised edition is being published on the fortieth anniversary of the first edition. Features of the revised edition include: * a new introduction * a new concluding...

    Published June 24th 1998 by Routledge