Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case Studies in the Perception and Negotiation of Threats

Dr. Mark Jakob; Dr. Nina Kleinöder; Prof. Dr. Christian Kleinschmidt

doi:10.5771/9783748924579

Summary

Business history has so far examined the ‘security’ of enterprises primarily from the perspective of risk. The contributions in this volume apply the approach of historical security studies to business history and examine cases of dynamic historical negotiations of security since the late 19th century. In line with the assumptions of historical security research, we assume that the meaning of ‘security’ was negotiated in concrete historical situations and therefore cannot be explained solely from businesses’ focus on market risks. Rather, their perception of risk and danger was governed by the historically changing ‘grammar of security’. With contributions byMarcus Böick, Christian Kleinschmidt, Mark Jakob & Nina Kleinöder, Sabine Pitteloud, Kristin Stanwick Bårnås, Christian Marx, Ole Sparenberg, Sascha Brünig and Eva Schäffler.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-8071-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-2457-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des modernen Europa. Economic and Social History of Modern Europe
Volume: 8
Language: English
Pages: 282
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
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1. Introduction No access
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2. 1. The semantics of security and insecurity: risk, danger, and threats No access
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3. 2. Enterprises and security No access
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4. 3. Themes and subject matters in this volume No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. Introduction: Security beyond the State? No access
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2. 1. State of the Art: Bringing Security back to Contemporary History No access
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3. 2. Rise and Fall, and Rise again? A brief History of the Security Industry in Twentieth-century Germany No access
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4. 3. Perspectives: From ‘National Security Cultures’ to global ‘Security Capitalism’? No access
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5. Conclusion: ‘Weak’ States, ‘Strong’ Businesses? No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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2. 2. The consumers No access
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3. 3. The producers No access
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4. 4. The State No access
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5. 5. Conclusion No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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1. 1. Principles and the beginnings of trade credit insurance No access
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  1. Britain No access
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  2. Germany No access
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3. 3. The state-backed high hopes of Gutehoffnungshütte in Colombia No access
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4. 4. Summary and conclusion No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. Political Risk in Host States versus Political Assistance from Home States: two Sides of the same Coin No access
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2. Swiss MNEs, Political Risks and Institutional Activism No access
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3. The Debates within the Business Community No access
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  1. A State Insurance Designed by and for Swiss MNEs No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. Definitions: Risk and risk management No access
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  1. Dyno Industrier No access
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  2. Norcem No access
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  1. Political risk No access
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  2. Entry mode No access
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4. Summary and Conclusions No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. On the nationality of investments under economic liberalism and economic nationalism No access
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3. Breaking the taboo – Krupp, Daimler-Benz, and the Iran deal No access
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4. The political debate on foreign investment and the international dimension of investment restrictions No access
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5. The ministerial drafting of restriction options No access
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6. Diverging ideas within the German economy No access
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7. Conclusion and outlook No access
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8. Bibliography No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Increased competition for metals (1966–73) No access
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3. Metals, Cartels and the Global North-South divide (1973–80) No access
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4. The New International Economic Order (NIEO) and the Sixth Special Session of the UN General Assembly No access
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5. Responses No access
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6. Stockpiling of critical commodities No access
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7. Security of supply in retrospect No access
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8. Conclusion No access
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9. Bibliography No access
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1. Three Mile Island and the Debate on Human Failure in Nuclear Safety No access
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2. Engineers, Technicians, and the Personification of Diligence No access
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3. Nuclear ‘Ingenieurskunst’ and the Enactment of Professional Identities No access
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4. Conclusion No access
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5. Sources No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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7. Illustration Credits No access
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1. 1. (In)security in post-socialist economic transformation and in historical research No access
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2. 2. Company magazines as sources No access
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  1. 3.1. Debt in Czechoslovakia before and after the end of state socialism No access
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  2. 3.2. Reasons for and countermeasures against insolvency No access
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  3. 3.3. Discourse on insolvency and financial security No access
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4. 4. Summary and Conclusion No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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