Specifikke selskabers historie / erhvervshistorie

Between 1999 and 2008, Kosovo was placed under international administration, with the aim of rebuilding all the necessary administrative, judicial and political institutions for the correct functioning of a democracy. In 2008, following its declaration of independence from Serbia, the international presence had not abated and is still active in various fields, most importantly those concerning the rule of law. The EU in Kosovo is currently funding the largest ESDP Mission in its history - the EULEX, responsible for the day-to-day management of the rule of law - while it also treats Kosovo as a ¿potential candidate country¿ providing accession funds through its EC office in Kosovo.

This groundbreaking account of the development of American business from the colonial period to the present explains that the history of the United States can best be understood not as a search for freedom—but as a search for wealth and prosperity.The Land of Enterprise charts the development of American business from the colonial period to the present. It explores the nation’s evolving economic, social, and political landscape by examining how different types of enterprising activities rose and fell, how new labor and production technologies supplanted old ones—and at what costs—and how Americans of all stripes responded to the tumultuous world of business. In particular, historian Benjamin Waterhouse highlights the changes in business practices, the development of different industries and sectors, and the complex relationship between business and national politics. From executives and bankers to farmers and sailors, from union leaders to politicians to slaves, business history is American history, and Waterhouse pays tribute to the unnamed millions who traded their labor (sometimes by choice, often not) or decided what products to consume (sometimes informed, often not). Their story includes those who fought against what they saw as an oppressive system of exploitation as well as those who defended free markets from any outside intervention. The Land of Enterprise is not only a comprehensive look into our past achievements, but offers clues as to how to confront the challenges of today’s world: globalization, income inequality, and technological change.

In 1999, when Napster made music available free online, the music industry found itself in a fight for its life. A decade later, the most important and misunderstood story—and the one with the greatest implications for both music lovers and media companies—is how the music industry has failed to remake itself. In Fortune’s Fool, Fred Goodman, the author of The Mansion on the Hill, shows how this happened by presenting the singular history of Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., the controversial heir to Seagram’s, who, after dismantling his family’s empire and fortune, made a high-stakes gamble to remake both the music industry and his own reputation. Napster had successfully blown the industry off its commercial foundations because all that the old school label heads knew how to do was record and market hits. So when Bronfman took over the Warner Music Group in 2004, his challenge was to create a new kind of record executive. Goodman finds the source of the crisis in the dissolution of the old Warner Music Group, the brilliant conglomerate of Atlantic, Elektra, and Warner Bros. Records. He shows how Doug Morris, the head of Atlantic Records, rose through the ranks and rode the CD bonanza of the 1990s to enormous corporate and personal profit before becoming embroiled in an ego-driven corporate turf war, and how all of Warner’s record executives were blindsided when AOL/Time-Warner announced in 2003 that it wanted nothing more to do with the record industry. When the music group was finally sold to Bronfman, it was a ghost of itself. Bronfman built an aggressive, streamlined team headed by Lyor Cohen, whose relentless ambition and discipline had helped build Def Jam Records. They instituted a series of daring initiatives intended to give customers legitimate online music choices and took market share from Warner’s competitors. But despite these efforts, illegal downloads still outnumber legitimate ones 19–1. Most of the talk of a new world of music and media has proven empty; despite the success of iTunes, even wildly popular sites like YouTube and MySpace have not found a way to make money with music. Instead, Warner and the other labels are diversifying and forcing young artists to give them a cut of their income from touring, publishing, and merchandising. Meanwhile, the average downloader isn’t even meeting forward-thinking musicians halfway. Each time a young band finds a following through music websites, it’s a unique story; no formula has emerged. If one does, Warner is probably in a better position than anyone to exploit it. But at the end of the day, If is the one-word verdict on Bronfman’s big bet.

DNA ¿the genetic code of life¿ is considered one of the most incredible and intelligent self-assembling nanomaterials. The unique feature of DNA self-assembly is surrounded by multiple disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, material science, medicine, and even in computer sciences. DNA self-assembly through specific base-pairing provides a programmable fabrication method of DNA nanostructures with various geometries. DNA nanotechnology exploits the predictable self-assembly of DNA oligonucleotides for designing and constructing innovative and distinctive nanostructures. Highly ordered DNA motifs and structures can provide us ultrafine frameworks for the next generation nanofabrication. All these applications are predicated on the complementarity of two DNA strands, embedded in the hydrogen bonded base pairing linking adenine (A) and thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C). DNA provides a smart route for the creation of nanoarchitectures with programmable and predictable patterns. Because of its unique and novel characteristics it can intermingle multidisciplinary research areas like nanoelectronics, Opoelectrincs, biomedicine, and even in modern computer sciences.

Josie, una bella e inteligente mujer, tiene meses preparando el viaje para el que su abuela la había preparado, al cumplir la mayoría de edad, tomaría posesión de su herencia. Para ello, deberá volar a la ciudad que la vio nacer, emocionada y nerviosa al mismo tiempo, emprende su viaje inocentemente, sin tener idea de la gran prueba que el destino le tiene preparada. Al fallecer los padres de Josie, siendo ella aún joven, fue enviada a vivir con su abuela paterna, la señora Limantour, una mujer práctica y de gran sabiduría quien, consciente del futuro que su nieta enfrentaría, no solo entrenó su mente, sino también su espíritu, ya que siendo aún muy joven, sería una de las mujeres más ricas y poderosas del continente por lo que debía ser fuerte. Sin embargo, la abuela fallece antes de poder explicarle a su nieta las circunstancias en las que será nombrada heredera universal de la fortuna Limantour y del poder y el riesgo que esto significa. Josie emprende su viaje sin estar consciente del peligro que corre, el rencor y la ambición serán la motivación de sus enemigos, quienes estarán dispuestos a todo para evitar que Josie obtenga lo que por herencia le corresponde.

The history of a popular and legendary Texas ranching family

An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read.How much do you know about the meat on your dinner plate? Journalist Christopher Leonard spent more than a decade covering the country’s biggest meat companies, including four years as the national agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press. Now he delivers the first comprehensive look inside the industrial meat system, exposing how a handful of companies executed an audacious corporate takeover of the nation’s meat supply.Leonard’s revealing account shines a light on the inner workings of Tyson Foods, a pioneer of the industrial system that dominates the market. You’ll learn how the food industry got to where it is today, and how companies like Tyson have escaped the scrutiny they deserve. You’ll discover how these companies are able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. And you’ll even see how big business and politics have derailed efforts to change the system, from a years-long legal fight in Iowa to the Obama administration’s recent failed attempt to pass reforms.Important, timely, and explosive, The Meat Racket is an unvarnished portrait of the food industry that now dominates America’s heartland.

Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines, an integral part of this country's social fabric. During the course of its 75-year history, the airline was privatized, fought off a hostile takeover, merged with arch-rival Canadian Airlines, and touched countless lives. This is its story.

This beautifully designed book tells the 100-year story behind Ontario's beloved Sheridan Nurseries from its creation by Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb to its overwhelming success today. This is a chronicle of history, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.

Redpath, today a household name for sugar in Canada, has its roots in the story of an enterprising Scots immigrant, John Redpath.

Klemmefabrikanten er historien om den entreprenante tømrermester, C.C. Hansen, der ender som en af Roskildes største arbejdsgivere og verdens største eksportør af træklemmer. Han vokser op i en stor børneflok under trange kår i Hersegade i slutningen af 1800-tallet, men mod alle odds lykkes det moren at hjælpe dem alle videre i livet. C.C. Hansen bliver med tiden en betydelig producent af brændsel, træmel og ikke mindst de berømte tøjklemmer, der både skaber arbejdspladser på fabrikken og bibeskæftigelse med samling og pakning af klemmerne i mange hjem i Roskilde. C.C. Hansen overlader ved sin død virksomheden til sine sønner, og C.C. Hansen A/S er i dag fortsat i familiens eje. Klemmefabrikanten beskriver således også det videre arbejde med virksomheden i generationerne efter C.C. Hansen, herunder den tiltagende globalisering, udflytningen af produktionen til Polen og Kina, udviklingen af andre produkter samt de svære generationsskifter i en familievirksomhed.

Cleveland oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1870. Over the next four decades, Rockefeller turned his company into a behemoth, systematically driving his competitors out of business or buying them outright. His vast fortune made him one of the nation's most powerful men, but his private empire was nearly undone by the tireless journalism of a single, determined woman. Published in 1904, Ida Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company exposed Rockefeller's monopolistic tactics to the public, eventually resulting in the company's dismantling in 1911. Yet Tarbell's work is more than simply a monumental piece of reporting; it is a deft, engrossing portrait of business in America-both its virtues and excesses.