Global electrification multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007

Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s. However, their role did not persist, and by 1978 multinational enterprises in this sector had all but disappeared, replaced by national electrical utility providers. Yet, in recent years, there...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hausman, William J. (-)
Otros Autores: Hertner, Peter, Wilkins, Mira
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The invention and spread of electric utilities, with a measure of the extent of foreign ownership
  • Multinational enterprise and international finance
  • Every city, 1880-1914
  • War, the first nationalization, restructuring, and renewal, 1914-1929
  • Basic infrastructure, 1929-1945
  • Summary of the domestication pattern to 1978
  • coming full circle, 1978-2007, and a global perspective.