Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte

«Customers are no inheritance but must be earned»:Commercial travellers in modern practical guide literature,1880 to 1960 In the 19th and 20th centuries, practical guides played a significant role both in providing knowledge and in shaping the...

This paper reviews the available evidence on the history of travelling salesmen in France and offers more general hypotheses about the role of this profession in the «Great Transformation». Based on literary evidence as well as diverse archival...

Ralf Ahrens/Johannes Bahr, Jürgen Ponto. Bankier und Bürger. Eine Biografie (Christian Marx) Peter Langer, Macht und Verantwortung. Der Ruhrbaron Paul Reusch (Uwe Fliegauf) Ulrike Schulz, Simson. Vom unwahrscheinlichen Überleben eines...

Vertical price maintenance, producer-retailer-relations and the transformation of competition on the television market between the 1950s and the 80s The article challenges the notion of a ≪watershed ≫ in Germany separating an old...

Pipeline networks as business strategy: The origins of the oxygen pipeline in the Ruhr District, 1956-1975 Although pipelines form a vital part of the transport and distribution infrastructure for a variety of industries, they are rarely...

«Quo vadis, Homo harzburgensis?». The rise and fall of the «Harzburg Model» The article examines the different development lines of the German leadership approach called the ≪Harzburg Model≫ which dominated the 1960s. The prevailing...

Joachim Scholtyseck, Der Aufstieg der Quandts. Eine deutsche Unternehmerdynastie(Peter M. Quadflieg)Karoline Krenn, Alle Macht den Banken? Zur Struktur personeller Netzwerke deutscher Unternehmenam Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts (Harald Wixforth)S....

Carl von Siemens: From «Prussky Ingener» to transnational entrepreneur? This article focuses on Carl von Siemens, the youngest of three brothers and the driving force behind the internationalization of Siemens & Halske. In 1852, he founded...

Immigrant entrepreneurs in Germany at the beginning of the 21st century: market strategies in the context of ethnic and individual resources In today’s knowledge-based economy individual resources like human capital are one of the main...

Portuguese Jews and People from Hamburg Two Manifestations of Migrant Entrepreneurship in Early Modern Europe Since Hermann Kellenbenz’s seminal work «Sephardim an der unteren Elbe» (1958) it is widely known that a group of Portuguese...

Transnational entrepreneurship: perspectives of economic sociology and institutional economics. The phenomenon of transnational entrepreneurship refers to the transnational operations of migrant entrepreneurs. It may be viewed as a complement...

Entrepreneurs and Immigration. Introduction This introductory essay sketches the emerging field of research on entrepreneurial migration. It stresses the importance of the topic and summarizes the main findings and shortcomings of the...

Youssef Cassis, Crisis and Opportunities. The Shaping of Modern Finance (Alfred Reckendrees)Peter Koch, Geschichte der Versicherungswirtschaft in Deutschland (Peter Borscheid)Wilhelm Kaltenborn, Vision und Wirklichkeit – Beiträge zur Geschichte...

The Lending of Oberamtssparkasse Kirchheim unter Teck 1907 to 1913: A Savings Bank as a Funding Source for Commerce and Infrastructure Financing of companies by large joint-stock banks is regarded as a crucial factor explaining the rapid...

The role of the Auto Union AG in the exploitation of foreign companies: Outsourcing to the occupied areas during World War II German companies received comprehensive shipments of goods produced by enterprises located in German-occupied countries...