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This New Major 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 Up To The Globalization Of Businesses Today. Focusing Mainly On Big Business, The Authors Critically Analyze The Firm And Its Interaction With The Evolution Of Economic, Technological, And Political Systems At The Micro And Macro Levels. -- From Back Cover. Pt. 1, Relevant Issues: -- Introduction -- Business History And Theories Of The Firm -- Entrepreneurship. Pt. 2, The Company Between The Preindustrial Era And The First Industrial Revolution: -- Preindustrial Manufacturing -- Enterprises And Entrepreneurs Of The First Industrial Revolution -- Technology, Science, And The Factory System. Pt. 3, The Birth And Consolidation Of Big Business: -- Infrastructures -- Technology And Organization -- National Patterns. Pt. 4, State And Market In The Period Between The Two World Wars: -- The Multidivisional Corporation And Managerial Capitalism -- Europe Between The Two Wars: Convergence And Divergence With The United States -- At The Origins Of The Japanese Miracle: Entrepreneurship, The State, And Business Groups. Pt. 5, From The Postwar Years To The Fall Of The Wall: The Age Of 'shrinking Space': -- From World War Ii To The Third Industrial Revolution -- American Hegemony And Its Aftermath -- The Soviet Union: The Antagonist -- Japan: The Challenger -- Hybrid Europe -- Different Strategies For 'catching Up': South Korea And Argentina. Pt. 6, The Globalization Of Today: -- Multinationals: Quid Novi? -- New Forms Of Enterprise -- The 'roaring 1990s': America Is Back -- Slowing Down: Europe And Japan -- New Protagonists: China And India -- A Last Look. Franco Amatori And Andrea Colli. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.