Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte

This article retraces the controversies that followed the arrival of 400 US multinational enterprises in Switzerland around 1960. If US firms were present all over Europe, many chose Switzerland to locate regional headquarters and special «base...

In the 1850s the economy of Lombardy was characterized by extensive networks of personal relations, credit by trust and family businesses and had no use for Gerschenkronian substitution nor modern corporations. Wealth was maximized by maintaining...

Utility companies and environmental politics: Clean air as financial and legitimate question. This article focuses on the environmental politics of utility companies in the 1970s and 80s, analyzing their stance and actions on upcoming environmental...