The Nationality of an International Company vs. the National Interest. Shareholders, Managers, Governments, and the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (1876-1939)

Luciano Segreto

Working Papers - Economics from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Abstract: The paper deals with some aspects of the development of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) between the early 1890s and the 1930s. The paper critically highlights the traditional approaches to define the nationality of the firm (the place of incorporation of a company, the nationality of the shareholders or that one of the members of the board of directors). It proposes a new one, looking at the instrument used by the states –national interest –to influence the balance of power and the strategies of the company. This approach, largely used by social scientists of political science and international relations, can offer new tools also to business historians when approaching the issue of the nationality of the firm.

Keywords: Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits; Nationality of the firm; National interest; State intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2019
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