A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise

This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three...

Nowadays remembered mostly through Adam Smith’s references to the short-lived Ayr Bank in the Wealth of Nations, the 1772-3 financial crisis was an important historical episode in its own right, taking place during a pivotal period in the development of financial capitalism and coinciding with...

This book focuses on wealth inequality trends in the North Atlantic Anglo-sphere countries of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States over the period from 1668 to 2013: a wider perspective than generally used when wealth inequality is discussed. This book demonstrates that it is...

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prevailing mode of production is operating most effectively, surplus wealth is most plentiful, and...

This book is the first volume of a monograph series published by the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan. The purpose of the series is to make works by Japanese scholars accessible to a wider readership and to increase the knowledge of scholars in this field, particularly in relation to Asia....

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Context, Purpose and Structure of the Book.- 2 State Aid for Newspapers.- Part II: Theories -- 3 State Support for News -- 4 Industrial Subsidies -- 5 Newspaper Subsidies and Journalistic Quality -- 6 State Aid to the Press in the EU -- 7 Press Governance.-...

Kostentransparenz im institutionellen Asset Management Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über verschiedenste Kostenfaktoren im institutionellen Asset Management in Deutschland, angefangen von der Asset Manager-Fee über Transaktionsgebühren bis hin zu den Verwahrstellenkosten. Darüber hinaus...

Grenzenloses Direktmarketing? Bestandsaufnahme, Trends und Ausblick -- 1. Kapitel -- 1 Lokale Punktlandung durch globale Planung Integrierte Direktmarketing-Kampagne der DHL Global Mail für 14 Länder -- 2 Ausgetretene Wege mit Erfolg verlassen Inteligo erschließt neue Adresspotenziale in...

Taxes on the highly skilled are an important cost factor for companies competing internationally for talent. This book provides an international comparison of the effective level of taxes and social security charges imposed on highly qualified employees. Based on a newly developed inter-temporal...