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Index
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword by Mira Wilkins
PART I: Introduction and context
1 Introduction to the makers of global business
2 Origins and development of global business
3 The making of global business in long-run perspective
4 International entrepreneurship and business history
5 Gender, race, and entrepreneurship
PART II: Institutions
6 Government and regulators
7 Banks and capital markets
8 The internationalization of executive education
9 Consultants and internationalization
PART III: Organizational forms
10 Guilds
11 Merchants and the origins of capitalism
12 Diaspora networks
13 Trading companies
14 Co-operatives
15 Business groups
16 International business networks
17 Clusters as spaces for global integration
18 Global value chains
19 State-owned enterprises
PART IV: Industries
20 Global communications
21 Electric power industry
22 Healthcare industries and services
23 Insurance
24 Entertainment and the film industry
25 Automobiles
26 Manufacturing and the importance of global marketing
27 Luxury
28 Shipping
29 Global commodity traders
30 The global oil industry
PART V: Challenges and impact
31 Political risks and nationalism
32 Imitation and global business
33 Combating corruption
34 Multinational management
35 Business and sustainability
36 Pollution and climate change
37 The Great Divergence and the Great Convergence
Index
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