Specifikke selskabers historie / erhvervshistorie

Die bankgeschichtliche Forschung konzentrierte sich bisher in erster Linie auf die Grobanken, die wahrend der NS-Diktatur enorme Bedeutung fur die Wirtschafts-, Finanz- und Besatzungspolitik des Regimes besaen und vergleichsweise systemkonform agierten. Am Beispiel von vier Regionalbanken stellt Horst Moller, einer der renommiertesten Zeithistoriker Deutschlands, auf Basis bisher unbekannter Archivbestande Geschaftsentwicklung, Personalpolitik, Vorstande und Aufsichtsrate dar. Wie frei waren diese Banken in der traditionsgeleiteten Weiterentwicklung ihrer Unternehmenskultur, wie fremdbestimmt durch Ideologie und Praxis des Nationalsozialismus, wie angepasst oder resistent gegenuber den Auflagen des NS-Regimes? Wie verhielten sie sich gegenuber judischen Mitgliedern der Leitungsgremien sowie judischen Kunden? Welche Rolle spielten sie bei der sog. Arisierung des Eigentums judischer Inhaber?

Die noch junge Aluminiumindustrie wurde innnerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte zu einer der bedeutendsten Grundstoffindustrien. Manfred Knauer schildert die wichtigsten Phasen dieser Entwicklung in Deutschland, beginnend mit dem Jahr 1886, in dem die Erfindung der Schmelzflusselektrolyse die Voraussetzung fur die Herstellung des Aluminiums im industriellen Mastab schuf. Die turbulenten Jugendjahre"e; der neuen Industrie bis zur Weltwirtschaftskrise werden ebenso behandelt wie Aufstieg und Fall der Aluminiumindustrie im Dritten Reich. Die goldenen Jahre"e; der Industrie in der Zeit nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg rucken in den Blick, und der Ubergang in die Reifephase nach der Erdolkrise der 70er Jahre findet ebenfalls Raum. Abschlieend wird die Geschichte der Aluminiumindustrie in der fruheren DDR betrachtet.

Gibt es individuelle Merkmale, die den erfolgreichen Unternehmer kennzeichnen, und wenn ja, welche sind es dann? Lassen sich diese Merkmale in irgendeinem wesentlichen Sinne generalisieren oder bleiben sie unlsbar an die jeweilige Person gebunden? Kann man Unternehmerschaft lernen, oder gehrt zu ihr eine Art Talent, das man haben muss? Setzt der Kapitalismus, zugespitzt gesagt, bestimmte Charaktere voraus, oder erzieht er sich das Personal, das er braucht? Die Beitrge des Bandes stellen erfolgreiche Unternehmer aus unterschiedlichen Branchen und aus unterschiedlichen Zeiten vor. Im Ergebnis ist Unternehmerschaft zumindest im Sinne Schumpeters als individuelles Merkmal zu begreifen, denn weder soziale Herkunft noch bestimmte andere, generalisierbare Merkmale lassen sich in einer Weise finden, die auf eine Art Unternehmertypus deutet. Es sind vielmehr individuelle Eigenschaften, die ausschlaggebend sind, auch wenn sie sich erst im Rahmen von Unternehmen entfalten knnen. mit Beitrgen von J. Bhr, Ch. Eifert, J. Finger, M. Frese, B. Gehlen, J.-O. Hesse, H. Joly, S. Keller, A. Kieser, J. Kocka, R. Kster, J. Lesczenski, K. Priemel, C. Rauh, F. Sattler, B. Wubs.

I began to write this book over twenty years ago. My purpose was to tell the true story about how IBM made too many companies successful by standing down rather than competing. As a Senior IBM Systems Engineer, I saw it all happen. The $ Trillion dollar PC marketplace is the biggest example of IBM's major losses. Yet, the PC was just one of many industry sub-segments over the years in which IBM failed miserably. We need more than ten fingers to count them all. This book tells all the great stories about how industries came into being and entrepreneurs often in their early twenties became billionaires. This book tells you which companies did the best; which regular guys became industry moguls; and who has the money today. Among other things, it tells us all who owes IBM the biggest thank you's. This book in many ways is about Big Blue's misgivings about being too successful in too many IT product areas. IBM Executives over the years from the CEO on down were all paid very well to manage all aspects of the company's business. Unfortunately each and every CEO after the Watsons and T. Vincent Learson, focused on just one aspect of IBM - its mainframe business. So the IBM Chieftains lost just about every other opportunity including the PC. They simply handed very crafty "e;entrepreneurs,"e; the whole game. IBM created many industry billionaires simply by not watching its assets. Microsoft alone has four documented billionaires on its list which is topped by Bill Gates, the richest man in the world at $102 billion. Additionally, there are over 12,000 other Microsoft employees on the millionaire's list. IBM paid for all of the zillionaires. In Chapter 1, I show each and every billionaire and a number of millionaires. I then go on in sixty-nine chapters to tell you the essence of the full Microsoft / IBM story along with many other stories of IBM squandering many other real business opportunities. These are enjoyable to read but hard to believe. You are going to love this book, designed by an IBM insider and told with respect for IBM and with the truth that all of these great stories deserve. You will not want to put this book down. Kelly not only gives the facts about the new billionaires; he also provides a history lesson about the entire industry that will capture your imagination. You'll learn how all these billionaires got their money. The book begins with the introduction of the first computer and it takes you on a ride through all of the major events that occurred during each IBM CEO's tenure. The story thus begins with Thomas Watson Sr, as CEO and continues chapter by chapter to the state of the computer industry today. Kelly does it all in 69 easy-to-read enjoyable chapters. Few books are must-read but Thank You IBM! will quickly be at the top of your list and America's most read list.

Too Big to Jail examines how HSBC became the Mexican drug cartel's bank of choice and how, when caught, they avoided prosecution.

A rich resource for investigating the history of a short-lived but influential British carmaker. The Allard Motor Company archives are a particularly rich resource for those investigating the history and influence on the British motor industry of this short-lived but significant carmaker. The production records included in this comprehensive book cover the years of operation 1946-1958 and sit alongside many previously unseen official photographs, documents, and correspondence. Supported by an easy-to-use reference spreadsheet, Allard owners are invited to open to the pages where their car is featured, and casual observers can also learn about the indelible impact this small British car manufacturer made on motoring history. Author Gavin Allard--the grandson of Sydney Allard, who led the company into post-war Britain and beyond--details the people that built the cars, the dealerships that sold them, and the drivers who took them to the roads.

A Chartered Manager by Profession, Dr Malcolm Charles has had a long and distinguished career in the field of Business Administration, Management & Corporate Governance, ever since entering that field as a 'Statistics Officer & Management Trainee' upon completion at St Marys College (local high school) in the late 1960s.He later pursued studies in the UK, graduating in the field of Business Management & Sustainability, returning home to serve with Geest Industries and its various subsidiary Boards spanning the Windward Islands, which business supported some 22,000 Registered Banana Farmers at its peak...The text of this book therefore seeks to enlighten interested readers on the 'socio-economic impact' the Banana Industry had provided during its 'hay day' and the role played by the Geest Group across the Windward Islands, with which the Author and his eclectic range of contributors had been affiliated, for some three (3) plus decades.Today, he humbly shares his 'catalogue of research', having earlier been decorated by the late HM Queen Elizabeth II as an honorary 'Officer of the British Empire'(OBE) for dedicating lifelong services to 'Business Development & Sustainability' and later, the Queens Jubilee Medal for his (apparent) 'unbridled Humanitarianism'.

This absorbing collective biography of the genius Nobel family reveals how the Nobels' business and personal lives were fundamentally intertwined with the histories of Sweden and Russia, as well as the economic and entrepreneurial development of Europe in the long 19th century.The name Nobel is mainly associated with the Nobel prize. However, Alfred Nobel was only one of a family of conspicuously gifted individuals. The Nobels, who moved from Sweden to Russia in the 1830s, ran one of Russia's biggest machine factories and founded the Russian oil industry.Using thousands of Nobel family letters and other documents shared here for the first time, Bengt Jangfeldt provides a fascinating and authoritative multi-generational chronicle charting the family exploits. The author describes how the father, Immanuel Nobel, a polymath architect, inventor, and engineer set the family on a path to financial success amidst a backdrop of imperial Russian industrial growth. He tells the story of how Immanuel's sons, Robert and Ludvig, and his grandson, Emanuel, developed the family business into a powerful industrial empire with a progressive agenda in the fields of worker's welfare, profit-sharing and charity. When the Revolution struck in 1917, the family's industrial empire as well as their huge personal wealth were swept away in one go. As a result they had to flee the country where they had been active for 80 years and return to Sweden. During a time of immense change in Russia and right across Europe, the story of the Nobels stands out as one of both brilliance and resilience, with family firmly at its heart.

Offers Fresh Insight into Crucial Debates over the Causes of Diverging and Converging Political Trajectories in the Region

Stewart Brothers and later Stewart Supplies (Penhold, Ltd.) - transitioned through three generations of family, from farm machinery to lumber and building supplies, and served Central Alberta's settlers, farmers, and contractors for more than 100 years.

The Boeing 707, brought America into the 'Jet Age' of the late 1950s and created the template for worldwide air travel today. This book provides a portfolio of images depicting a wide range of Boeing 707 variants in service around the world, in passenger, cargo and military use, showcasing many of the aircraft's diverse and colorful liveries.

One of the Pictorial History series, this book provides full model specs for all Mercedes-Benz models from 1950-1998. It is an essential reference and authenticity guide for all Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts.

Eli Black was the immigrant rabbi-turned-CEO who transformed the notoriously corrupt United Fruit into a model of ethical business. Then he died by suicide. How did it all go wrong? Matt Garcia traces Black’s own descent into corruption and despair—the unraveling, and the deliberate forgetting, of one of America’s most enigmatic business leaders.