Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German … businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses … during industrialization -- American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period -- Japanese and Chinese …

NICs for the period 1980-95 and compares their specialisation pattern with that of more advanced economies like Japan, West …

like Japan, West Germany and the US. …

provides insight into the industrialization progresses of the quartet of USA, China, Germany and Japan, all attaining … individual industrialization success by distinct trade, fiscal and industrial policy path, the underlying principles of which can …