Başlık:
The performance of European business in the twentieth century
Yazar:
Cassis, Youssef., editor.
ISBN:
9780198749776
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
xxiii, 359 pages ; 24 cm.
İçerik:
Cover; The Performance of European Business in the Twentieth Century; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Overview and Methodology; 1: The Performance of European Enterprise during the Twentieth Century: General Overview; STUDYING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; DEFINING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; ANALYSING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF EUROPEAN BUSINESS; Sectoral Performance; Country-Level Performance; THE DETERMINANTS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; INTERPRETING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. FURTHER RESEARCH ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE2: Methodology and Traps; APPENDIX; Sources; Belgium; Finland; France; Germany; Great Britain; Italy; Spain; Sweden; 3: Ownership and Performance in European Big Business: The Longitudinal Perspective; INTRODUCTION; OWNERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE OF EUROPEAN BIG BUSINESS: THEORETICAL APPROACHES; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES: EVIDENCE FROM THE LARGEST EUROPEAN COMPANIES IN THE LONG RUN; OWNERSHIP: REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE LONG RUN; OWNERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part II: Countries' Performance. 4: The Performance of Belgian Enterprises in the Twentieth CenturyINTRODUCTION; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; First Benchmark: 1911-13; Second Benchmark: 1927-9; Third Benchmark: 1954-6; Fourth Benchmark: 1970-2; Fifth Benchmark: 1998-2000; ROE PERFORMANCE; First Benchmark: 1911-13; Second Benchmark: 1927-9; Third Benchmark: 1954-6; Fourth Benchmark: 1970-2; Fifth Benchmark: 1998-2000; HR PERFORMANCE; First Benchmark: 1911-13; Second Benchmark: 1927-9; Third Benchmark: 1954-6; Fourth Benchmark: 1970-2; Fifth Benchmark: 1998-2000; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. 5: The Performance of British Business in the Twentieth CenturyTHE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH BIG BUSINESS; PERFORMANCE: RETURN ON EQUITY; PERFORMANCE: HOLDING RETURN; CONCLUSION; 6: The Performance of French Business in the Twentieth Century; THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH BIG BUSINESS; PERFORMANCE: RETURN ON EQUITY; PERFORMANCE: HOLDING RETURN; CONCLUSION; 7: The Performance of German Big Business in the Twentieth Century; INTRODUCTION; PECULIARITIES OF THE GERMAN CASE; THE PERFORMANCE OF GERMAN BIG BUSINESS; CONCLUSION; 8: Big Business Performance in Twentieth-Century Italy. INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGICAL REMARKSCORPORATE ITALY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; THE PERFORMANCE OF BIG BUSINESS IN ITALY: A DIACHRONIC APPROACH; The 1911-13 Benchmark; The 1927-9 benchmark; The 1954-6 benchmark; The 1970-2 benchmark; The 1998-2000 Benchmark; THE PERFORMANCE OF BIG BUSINESS IN ITALY: A SECTOR-BASED ANALYSIS; Basic and Fabricated Metals; Engineering and Transportation Equipment; Electricity and Communications Services; Financial Intermediation: The Banking System; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 9: Spanish Business Performance in the Twentieth Century; INTRODUCTION.
Özet:
This book originated from the idea that performance is what really matters in business and thus in business history. Yet, surprisingly, the analysis of performances has been neglected by economic and business historians. This book is a first attempt to fill this gap and in doing so provides a totally new approach to European business history. Rather than bringing together national studies, it is based on a single database, measuring performance in eight European countries according to identical criteria. The study spans the entire twentieth century, with particular attention to five benchmark moments: the height of the first globalisation on the eve of the First World War; the late 1920s boom preceding the Great Depression; the European reconstruction of the mid-1950s; the end of 'Golden Age' in the early 1970s; and the height of the second globalisation at the turn of the twenty-first century. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,225 companies, belonging to the three major European economies, Britain, France and Germany; two large south European latecomers, Italy and Spain; two smaller north western countries, Belgium and Sweden, and one small Nordic country, Finland. Performance has been measured using two ratios of profitability: return on equity (ROE) and holding return (HR), thus providing a complementary measure of profitability, the former as seen from the firm's perspective, the latter form the investor's perspective. The book's findings, at times surprising, at once confirm and infirm widely held assumptions regarding business performance - regarding strategy and structure, ownership and control, old and new industries, emerging and advanced economies.
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