The Rise of the Corporate Economy

by Leslie Hannah

Book Overview

First published in 1976, this much acclaimed book looks at the story of how today's large corporations have superseded the small competing firms of the nineteenth century. The long-run analysis confirms that the crucial periods in the formulation of the modern corporate system were the 1920's and 1960's. The merger wave of these decades was associated with a desire to improve the efficiency of Britain's industrial organization, and the author shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415489474
• ISBN13: 9780415489478
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"