This study book, written by Franco Amatori and Andrea Colli, provides a clear overview of business history. It covers developments in business from the period just before the Industrial Revolution to the present day. This major new textbook is intended for students of economic and business history, as well as for professionals who want to deepen their knowledge.
Contents and focus
Business History highlights the main economic regions, such as Europe, the United States, and Japan, and also pays attention to emerging markets such as China and India. By focusing on big business, Amatori and Colli analyze the complexities and comparisons in the evolution of companies and their interaction with economic, technological, and political systems.
Product specifications
- Author: Franco Amatori (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: 2011-05-25
- Number of pages: 272
- ISBN: 9780415423977
- Theme: Business studies: general
- BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
About the authors
Franco Amatori is Professor of Economic History and head of the Institute of Economic History at Bocconi University. He has extensive expertise in Italian and international business history. Andrea Colli, also affiliated with Bocconi University, has specialized in the structure and evolution of small and medium-sized enterprises and the role of family businesses in economic growth. In 2008, he received the Harold Williamson Prize for promising business historians.