Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte

Competition of systems, exports of institutions and adaptation.The internationalization of the assurance industry in the 19th century.The causes of the acceleration of globalization in the 19th century are primarily due to the application of new...

From Loyalty to Trust: Friedrich Alfried Krupp and his Employees (1887-1902)For quite a time now the term «trust» has been intensively discussed by historians. This contribution inquires into the part trust played in the relationship between...

The Relations between the German and the French Steel Industries in World War II.During World War II, the French iron and steel industry had to produce for Germany under the yoke of strict controlling measures. Nevertheless, this did not prevent the...

The French Pharmaceutical Industry during the German Occupation. An OverviewWhen, in the last 20 years, historians have become interested in the French pharmaceutical industry, the years of the German occupation in World War II became a part of this...

Perrier, Wartime Economy, and Labour Restrictions (1939-1945)The Source Perrier, the leading company of the French mineral water industry, is a company created at the beginning of the century with British capital. The firm kept always very discreet...

Business Management and Strategies of Metal Processing Companies in the Paris Region, 1937-1947This study examines the metal industries of Saint-Denis, a heavily industrialized northern suburb of Paris. In 1939, about 150 firms or factories of the...

Vichy, German Occupation, and the «Aryanization » of Major Jewish FirmsStarting with a study of concrete forms of «aryanization» in France between 1940 and 1944, this article intends to study the different modalities and the purposes of economic...

German Female Entrepreneurs and the rhetorics of «female management style»In this article, the question will be discussed why German female entrepreneurs in the late 1960s decided to make use of the concept of «female management style». From its...

The founding of the Gerling-group. The ‹outsider› Robert Gerling, the ‹Fire-cartel›, and the niche in the market.The article deals with the first 20 years of the Gerling-group’s history. In 1904, Robert Gerling established his first...

Competing Systems of Production. The Organisation of Knowledge in the Contest for the Indigo World Market, 1880-1910In 1897, the BASF launched an artificial version of the single most important textile dye, indigo. Soon it ousted its natural...

From a Sociopolitical to a Personnel Political Transformation StrategyThe Scientification of Corporate Personnel Policy in West German Companies, 1945-1980In the decades between the end of World War II and the early 1970s,the personnel policy of...

The long way to Stability. Aspects of Corporate Governance at the Chemische Werke Huels (CWH)Recently, the question how the structures of monitoring, managing and control of enterprises evolved and worked in practice has become a central research...

The regulatory intervention of the new energy law («Energiewirtschaftsgesetz») in the competition between public and industrial power generation in the 1930sThe liberalization of the energy market in the late 1990s marks a turning point in the...

The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy marked a watershed for the development of financial markets and banking systems in central Europe. The successor states of the Monarchy tried to establish own financial systems soon after their independence. In...

The first generation of managers in the GDR Three state-owned companies in comparisonThe succession of managers in state-owned companies of the GDR is the main issue of this paper. A framework of organisational psychology will be used for...

Why Business History? Aims, Methods, and Perspectives of the SubjectThis article discusses the fundamental aims and methodological approaches as well as the recent and future developments of modern business history. It tackles these subjects firstly...

«1968» and German Business: Challenge and Response The year of 1968 takes a prominent position in the post-war history of West Germany. On the one hand, it indicates the event of a political onset, on the other hand, it marks a watershed in...