"1800-1998" . . "Electronic books." . . "Inversions britàniques Història." . . "Empresas internacionales Historia Gran Bretaña." . . "Commerce history." . . "Handel Grossbritannien Geschichte 19. Jh." . . "Geschichte." . . "Großbritannien" . . "Handelsgesellschaft Grossbritannien Geschichte 1800-1998." . . "Internationale economische betrekkingen." . . . . "Erhvervshistorie" . . "Sociétés de commerce extérieur Grande-Bretagne Histoire." . . "Großbritannien." . . "Grossbritannien" . "Grossbritannien." . "Gran Bretagna - Commercio estero - Storia - Sec.19.-20." . . "Histoire." . . "Comercio internacional." . . "anno 1800-1899" . . "Geschichte 1800-2000." . . "Great Britain" . . "Oxford University Press." . . "Sociétés de commerce Grande-Bretagne Histoire." . . "Commerce international Histoire." . . "Grande-Bretagne." . . "Imprese multinazionali - Gran Bretagna - Storia - Sec.19.-20." . . "Comercio exterior Historia." . . "Handelsondernemingen." . . "Société de commerce." . . "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International Marketing." . . "Groot-Brittannië." . . "Investments, British" . . "Entreprises multinationales Grande-Bretagne Histoire." . . "Sociétés de commerce Histoire Grande-Bretagne." . . "Empreses internacionals Història S. XIX-XX." . . "Commerce international." . . "Investissements Grande-Bretagne." . . "anno 1900-1999" . . "Comerç internacional." . . "Empresas multinacionales." . . "20e siècle" . . "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International General." . . "Multinationales Unternehmen" . . "Entreprises multinationales Histoire Grande-Bretagne." . . "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Exports & Imports." . . . . . . . "Merchants to Multinationals provides the first study of the evolution of British-owned international trading companies worldwide from the late eighteenth century through to the start of the twenty-first century. Geoffrey Jones analyses the complex multinational business groups which emerged, and considers the ways in which the trading companies were forced to 're-invent' themselves in order to compete in evolving political and business environments. Based on many confidential business records, this book provides a new dimension to the literature on international business. - ;Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. While theories of the firm predict the demise over time of merchant firms, this book identifies the continued resilience of British trading companies despite the changing political and business environments of the twentieth century. Like Japanese trading companies, they 're-invented' themselves in successive generations. The competences of the trading companies resided in their information-gathering, relationship-building, human resource, and corporate governance systems. This book provides a new dimension to the literature on international business through the focus on multinational service firms and its evolutionary approach based on confidential business records." . . . . . . . . . . "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . . . "Merchants to multinationals British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"@en . . "Merchants to multinationals British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" . . . . . . . "Merchants to Multinationals British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" . . . . . . . "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . "British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" . "British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"@en . . . . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . "Merchants to Multinationals : British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" . . . . . . . . "Merchants to multinationals" . "Merchants to multinationals"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "The evolution of multinational trading companies from the 18th century to the end of the 1990s is examined in this book. British merchants established branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign investment." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Llibres electrònics" . . . . . . . . "Merchants to multinationals : British trading companies in the 19th and 20th centuries" . . . . . "Merchants to multinationals : british trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" . . "This book examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa."@en . . . . . "Ressources Internet" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Merchants to multinationals : British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" . . "Merchants to multinationals : British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . "Gran Bretanya." . . "Geschichte 1800-2000." . . "Geschichte 1800-2000" . "Jones, Geoffrey" . . "19e siècle" . . "Gran Bretanya Comerç exterior Història S. XIX-XX." . . "Handelsgesellschaft Grossbritannien Geschichte 19. Jh." . . "Internationale ondernemingen." . . "Compañías de comercialización Historia Gran Bretaña." . . "Trading companies Great Britain History." . . "Inversiones británicas Historia." . . "Multinationales Unternehmen" . . "Multinationales Unternehmen." . "Investimenti esteri - Gran Bretagna - Sec.19.-20." . . "Handelsgesellschaft Grossbritannien Geschichte 20. Jh." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations Trade & Tariffs." . . "1800-2000" . . "International trade" . . "Entreprise multinationale." . . "S. XIX-XX" . . "Comerç internacional Història." . . "Comercio internacional Historia." . . "International business enterprises" . . "Gran Bretaña" . . "Investments, British History." . . "International trade History." . . "Empreses multinacionals." . . "International business enterprises Great Britain History." . . "Direktinvestition" . . "Storbritannien" . . "1800 - 1999" . . "commerce international entreprise commerciale Grande-Bretagne 19e s. / 20e s." . . "Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland." . . "Multinationale selskaber" . . "Comerç internacional Història S. XIX-XX." . . "Handelshuse" . . "Handel Grossbritannien Geschichte 20. Jh." . . "Trading companies" . . "Empreses internacionals Gran Bretanya." . . "Handelsgesellschaft." . . "Außenhandelsgeschichte" . . "Investissements britanniques Histoire." . . "Handelskompanie." . . "Handelskompanie" .