The founder of Starbucks shares his untold personal story - from his childhood in Brooklyn's housing projects to his rise as a business icon - and lays out his vision for how companies can improve their social impact.

The Italian co-operative enterprises have prospered in the last thirty years in various sectors. In this essay we analyze the role played by managerilization in allowing Italian co-ops to compete nationally and internationally with capitalist enterprises. On the basis of a substantial set of...

During the first two-thirds of the 20th century the themes of sectorial structure and compared performance prevail in Italian economic historiography. In contrast, in the last part of the century attention is focused on the behavior of single economic actors and their micro-economic strategies....

Vorwort -- Über den Autor -- Prolog: Das Imperium schlägt zurück -- Teil I: Das größte Comeback aller Zeiten -- Teil II: Der iZyklus – Apples Königreich entsteht -- Teil III: Epische Schlachten auf dem Olymp -- Teil IV: Der unerwartete Abstieg vom Gipfel -- Teil V: Apples neue...

This working paper highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of corporate archives in most...