Business History

1997 - 2025

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Volume 39, issue 4, 1997

Institutions and the Evolution of Modern Business: Introduction pp. 1-8

Mark Casson and Mary Rose

Transaction Costs and the Theory of the Firm: The Scope and Limitations of the New Institutional Approach pp. 9-25

S. R. H. Jones

Complexity, Community Structure and Competitive Advantage within the Yorkshire Woollen Industry, c.1700-1850 pp. 26-43

S. A. Caunce

Invisible, Visible and 'Direct' Hands: An Institutional Interpretation of Organisational Structure and Change in British General Insurance pp. 44-66

Oliver Westall

Consultancies, Institutions and the Diffusion of Taylorism in Britain, Germany and France, 1920s to 1950s pp. 67-83

Matthias Kipping

Financial Reconstruction and Industrial Reorganisation in Different Financial Systems: A Comparative View of British and Swedish Institutions during the Inter-War Period pp. 84-105

Hans Sjogren

Post-War Strategic Capitalism in Norway: A Theoretical and Analytical Framework pp. 106-127

Sverre Knutsen

The Politics of Protection: An Institutional Approach to Government-Industry Relations in the British and United States Cotton Industries, 1945-73 pp. 128-150

Mary Rose

Institutional Economics and Business History: A Way Forward? pp. 151-171

Mark Casson

Book Reviews pp. 176-177

Judy Slinn

Book Reviews pp. 176-176

R. G. Wilson

Book Reviews pp. 177-178

R. E. Tyson

Book Reviews pp. 178-179

George Peden

Book Reviews pp. 180-180

Katrina Honeyman

Book Reviews pp. 181-181

Hubert Bonin

Book Reviews pp. 182-183

Keetie Sluyterman

Book Reviews pp. 182-182

Frances Lynch

Book Reviews pp. 183-184

Rolv Petter Amdam

Book Reviews pp. 184-185

Ann Carlos

Book Reviews pp. 185-187

Marguerite Dupree

Book Reviews pp. 187-188

Michael French

Book Reviews pp. 188-189

J. R. Killick

Book Reviews pp. 189-190

Richard Hawkins

Book Reviews pp. 190-191

Thomas McCraw

Book Reviews pp. 191-192

Simon Ville

Book Reviews pp. 193-194

Christina Cregan

Book Reviews pp. 194-195

Patricia Collins

Book Reviews pp. 195-196

John Wilson

Book Reviews pp. 197-197

Geoff Timmins

Book Reviews pp. 198-199

Jim Tomlinson

Book Reviews pp. 199-200

Christine Shaw

Book Reviews pp. 200-201

Joanne Yates

Book Reviews pp. 201-203

Stephen Broadberry

Volume 39, issue 3, 1997

The Construction of Cost Accounting Systems in Britain to 1900: The Case of the Coal, Iron and Steel Industries pp. 1-29

Trevor Boyns and John Richard Edwards

Learning to do Business in China: The Evolution of BAT's Cigarette Distribution Network, 1902-41 pp. 30-64

Howard Cox

The Impact of the International Tin Restriction Schemes on the Return to Equity of Tin Mining Companies, 1927-39 pp. 65-80

John Hillman

The Construction of the Dutch Computer Industry: The Organisational Shaping of Technology pp. 81-104

Dirk De Wit

The Rise and Progress of John Brown Engineering, 1966-97: US Technology, Scottish Expertise and English Capital pp. 105-134

Sam McKinstry

Book Reviews pp. 135-136

Kenneth Brown

Book Reviews pp. 136-137

Duncan Ross

Book Reviews pp. 137-138

Stana Nenadic

Book Reviews pp. 138-139

H. G. Roseveare

Book Reviews pp. 139-141

Michael Turner

Book Reviews pp. 141-142

Clive Lee

Book Reviews pp. 142-143

B. W. E. Alford

Book Reviews pp. 142-142

J. R. Mace

Book Reviews pp. 143-144

John Benson

Book Reviews pp. 144-145

Michael Collins

Book Reviews pp. 146-147

Annelies Vermaas

Book Reviews pp. 146-146

Derek Aldcroft

Book Reviews pp. 147-149

Robin Pearson

Book Reviews pp. 149-150

R. C. Michie

Book Reviews pp. 150-151

Augustus Veenendaal

Book Reviews pp. 151-152

Sidney Pollard

Book Reviews pp. 152-153

Martin Chick

Book Reviews pp. 153-154

Michael Bibikov

Book Reviews pp. 155-156

Eric Bloeman

Book Reviews pp. 156-157

Antje Hagen

Book Reviews pp. 157-158

Geoffrey Tweedale

Book Reviews pp. 158-159

Richard Hawkins

Book Reviews pp. 159-160

Margaret Walsh

Book Reviews pp. 161-161

Michael Huberman

Book Reviews pp. 162-163

Robin Pearson

Book Reviews pp. 163-164

Geoffrey Tweedale

Book Reviews pp. 164-165

Margaret Levenstein

Book Reviews pp. 165-166

Forrest Capie

Book Reviews pp. 166-168

Seiichiro Yonekura

Book Reviews pp. 168-169

Mira Wilkins

Book Reviews pp. 169-171

Malcolm Falkus

Book Reviews pp. 171-172

Charles Jones

Book Reviews pp. 172-172

W. A. Thomas

Book Reviews pp. 173-174

Matthias Kipping

Book Reviews pp. 174-175

Judith Wale

Book Reviews pp. 175-176

Geoffrey Wood

Book Reviews pp. 176-178

J. R. Edwards

Book Reviews pp. 178-179

Chris Wrigley

Book Reviews pp. 179-180

Robert Locke

Book Reviews pp. 180-181

Philip Scranton

Volume 39, issue 2, 1997

British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 1995 pp. 1-20

Robin Pearson

Institutional Forms of British Foreign Direct Investment in South America pp. 21-41

Charles Jones

The Nature and Dimensions of Scottish Foreign Investment, 1860-1914 pp. 42-68

Christopher Schmitz

Allies or Subsidiaries? Inter-Company Relations in the P&O Group, 1914-39 pp. 69-93

Christopher Napier

The Environmental Crisis in Japan and the Origins of Japanese Manufacturing in Europe pp. 94-114

James Darby

Book Reviews pp. 115-116

R. G. Wilson

Book Reviews pp. 116-117

David Thoms

Book Reviews pp. 117-118

Philip Scranton

Book Reviews pp. 118-119

David Johnson

Book Reviews pp. 119-120

S. D. Chapman

Book Reviews pp. 120-121

J. J. Mason

Book Reviews pp. 121-122

Stephen Caunce

Book Reviews pp. 122-123

Alan Booth

Book Reviews pp. 123-123

Anthony Howe

Book Reviews pp. 124-125

R. C. Michie

Book Reviews pp. 125-126

Simon Ville

Book Reviews pp. 125-125

B. W. E. Alford

Book Reviews pp. 126-127

Maurice Kirby

Book Reviews pp. 127-128

Jorgen Fink

Book Reviews pp. 128-129

Katrina Honeyman

Book Reviews pp. 129-130

Per Hansen

Book Reviews pp. 130-131

Ludovic Cailluet

Book Reviews pp. 132-133

P. Verley

Book Reviews pp. 133-134

Harald Wixworth

Book Reviews pp. 134-135

Hans Sjogren

Book Reviews pp. 134-135

Chris Wrigley

Book Reviews pp. 134-135

Erik Nijhof

Book Reviews pp. 138-138

Martin Chick

Book Reviews pp. 138-139

Frances Lynch

Book Reviews pp. 139-141

Keetie Sluyterman

Book Reviews pp. 141-142

Forrest Capie

Book Reviews pp. 142-142

Peter Gatrell

Book Reviews pp. 143-144

John Wilson

Book Reviews pp. 144-145

Tom Donnelly

Book Reviews pp. 145-146

Trevor Boyns

Book Reviews pp. 146-147

Martin Campbell-Kelly

Book Reviews pp. 147-148

Colin Lewis

Book Reviews pp. 148-149

Robert Read

Book Reviews pp. 149-150

Etsuo Abe

Book Reviews pp. 151-152

Malcolm Falkus

Book Reviews pp. 152-153

V. N. Balasubramnyam

Book Reviews pp. 153-154

W. R. Garside

Book Reviews pp. 154-155

Roger Middleton

Book Reviews pp. 156-156

Richard Coopey

Book Reviews pp. 157-157

Tony Adams

Book Reviews pp. 158-159

Judith Wale

Book Reviews pp. 159-160

Sally Horrocks

Book Reviews pp. 160-161

Sidney Pollard

Book Reviews pp. 161-163

Hanne Birgitte Andersen

Volume 39, issue 1, 1997

Family Firms and Business Networks: Textile Engineering in Yorkshire, 1780-1830 pp. 1-20

Gillian Cookson

Technological Divergence in a Continuous Flow Production Industry: American and British Paper Making in the Late Victorian and Edwardian Era pp. 21-46

Gary Magee

Austrian Manufacturing MNEs: Long-Term Perspectives pp. 47-71

Christian Bellak

Regional Business Networks and the Diffusion of American Management and Organisational Models to Norway, 1945-65 pp. 72-90

Rolv Petter Amdam and Ove Bjarnar

Book Reviews pp. 91-92

John Armstrong

Book Reviews pp. 92-93

Kenneth Morgan

Book Reviews pp. 93-94

Michael Rose

Book Reviews pp. 94-96

D. A. Farnie

Book Reviews pp. 96-97

Stephen Jackson

Book Reviews pp. 97-98

D. A. Farnie

Book Reviews pp. 99-100

W. A. Thomas

Book Reviews pp. 100-101

John Singleton

Book Reviews pp. 101-102

Forrest Capie

Book Reviews pp. 102-103

W. A. Thomas

Book Reviews pp. 103-104

Katrina Honeyman

Book Reviews pp. 104-105

Michael Collins

Book Reviews pp. 105-106

Roger Middleton

Book Reviews pp. 106-107

Martin Campbell-Kelly

Book Reviews pp. 107-108

J. K. J. Thomson

Book Reviews pp. 109-109

Ron Weir

Book Reviews pp. 110-111

Ben Gales

Book Reviews pp. 111-113

Geoffrey Jones

Book Reviews pp. 113-114

Rolv Petter Amdam

Book Reviews pp. 115-115

Ruggero Ranieri

Book Reviews pp. 116-116

Robert Lewis

Book Reviews pp. 117-117

Hein Klemann

Book Reviews pp. 118-119

Michael Perrins

Book Reviews pp. 119-120

Joseph Harrison

Book Reviews pp. 120-121

Mairi Maclean

Book Reviews pp. 121-122

Michael Mumford

Book Reviews pp. 123-124

Phillip Scranton

Book Reviews pp. 124-125

David Richardson

Book Reviews pp. 125-126

John Benson

Book Reviews pp. 126-127

Richard Kielbowicz

Book Reviews pp. 127-128

Michael French

Book Reviews pp. 128-129

Margaret Walsh

Book Reviews pp. 129-130

Edwin Perkins

Book Reviews pp. 130-131

John Wilson

Book Reviews pp. 131-132

Christopher Clay

Book Reviews pp. 132-133

Gordon Boyce

Book Reviews pp. 133-134

Simon Ville

Book Reviews pp. 134-135

Stana Nenadic

Book Reviews pp. 136-137

Colin Lewis

Book Reviews pp. 137-138

Mira Wilkins

Book Reviews pp. 138-139

Geraint Johnes

Book Reviews pp. 139-140

Geoff Timmins

Book Reviews pp. 140-141

Sidney Pollard