Business Institutions and Behaviour in Australia
1st Edition
Published on 18. October 2013
168 pages
978-1-135-30030-2 (ISBN)
Description
This study of Australian business institutions and practices places the rise of big business in Australia in a comparative context through a study of its 100 largest firms in the first six and a half decades of the 20th century.
Unlike many of the wealthy economies of the northern hemisphere, Australia's lists of the 100 largest firms were dominated up to World War II by those from the resource and service industries. The high levels of foreign direct investment in the resources and manufacturing industries is also highlighted. Other chapters employ 21st-century theories of the firm to explore business behaviour in more depth.
Unlike many of the wealthy economies of the northern hemisphere, Australia's lists of the 100 largest firms were dominated up to World War II by those from the resource and service industries. The high levels of foreign direct investment in the resources and manufacturing industries is also highlighted. Other chapters employ 21st-century theories of the firm to explore business behaviour in more depth.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
4,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-30030-2 (9781135300302)
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Asia Pacific Business Review
"an interesting collection of papers succeeds in its aim of providing a sample of work done by Australian business historians and placing it in a context for overseas scholar"s"
Australian Economic History Review
"a thoroughly interesting collection of essays that admirably demonstrates how modern economic theory can be fruitfully employed in exploring historical problems
"an interesting collection of papers succeeds in its aim of providing a sample of work done by Australian business historians and placing it in a context for overseas scholar"s"
Australian Economic History Review
"a thoroughly interesting collection of essays that admirably demonstrates how modern economic theory can be fruitfully employed in exploring historical problems
