"By many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of the most important industrial nations worldwide. Nonetheless, the economic history of the GDR has been primarily discussed as a failure when compared with the economic success of...

Unternehmensgeschichte ist ein boomendes Fach - sowohl innerhalb der Wirtschaftswissenschaft wie auch in der Geschichtswissenschaft. Hartmut Berghoff legt mit seiner Einführung erstmals eine Darstellung der Themen, Theorien und Trends in der Unternehmensgeschichte vor, die für Ökonomen wie...

This collection of essays explores the impact that nationalism, capitalism, and socialism had on economics during the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe, contributors examine the role that businesspeople and enterprises played in Germany's and Austria's paths to the...