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Business History Volume 50 Issue 5

Subject Areas: History; ; ;
Publisher: Routledge - Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1743-7938
SJR: 38

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Globalisation and Norwegian shipping policy, 1850–2000

Brautaset, Camilla; Tenold, Stig

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802245949

The shipping industry has been called ‘the first globalised industry’. In this paper we analyse how domestic regulations have shaped the adaptations of ship owners in Norway, one of the leading providers of international shipping services for more than 150 years. The paper deals with the...
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The evolution of the pharmaceutical-biotechnology industry

Gottinger, Hans-Werner; Umali, Celia L.

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802246020

This paper presents an application of network economics to the formation of alliances in the biotechnology-pharmaceutical industry. The framework analysis provides insights under which firms create hybrid governance forms, integrate strategy and economics into a more holistic perspective on...
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Markets and managerial discretion: Tooth & Co., 1970–1981

Westcott, Mark

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802246038

Studies of business have often sought to explain features of management activity, particularly labour management activity, with reference to the product market conditions faced by managers. This paper argues that a more nuanced understanding of management can be gained by examining both the...
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Foreign direct investment into Denmark before 1939: Patterns and Scandinavian contrasts

Strandskov, Jesper; Pedersen, Kurt

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802246053

Drawing on a new database, this article presents the first systematic description and assessment of inward FDI into Denmark before World War II. A total of 168 cases were identified, with British, American and German firms dominating the overall picture as might be expected. The composition...
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Petromin: The slow death of statist oil development in Saudi Arabia

Hertog, Steffen

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802246087

The paper recounts the history of Saudi Arabia's first national oil company, Petromin, which was originally supposed to take the place of foreign-owned Aramco. As a result of Petromin's inefficiency and personal rivalries among the Saudi elite, however, Petromin was progressively relegated to...
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Book Reviews

2008 Business History

doi:10.1080/00076790802246095

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