Security and Insecurity in Business History

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

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
Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
1. Introduction No access Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
2. 1. The semantics of security and insecurity: risk, danger, and threats No access Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
3. 2. Enterprises and security No access Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
4. 3. Themes and subject matters in this volume No access Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
5. Bibliography No access Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder
Marcus Böick
1. Introduction: Security beyond the State? No access Marcus Böick
2. 1. State of the Art: Bringing Security back to Contemporary History No access Marcus Böick
3. 2. Rise and Fall, and Rise again? A brief History of the Security Industry in Twentieth-century Germany No access Marcus Böick
4. 3. Perspectives: From ‘National Security Cultures’ to global ‘Security Capitalism’? No access Marcus Böick
5. Conclusion: ‘Weak’ States, ‘Strong’ Businesses? No access Marcus Böick
6. Bibliography No access Marcus Böick
Christian Kleinschmidt
1. 1. Introduction No access Christian Kleinschmidt
2. 2. The consumers No access Christian Kleinschmidt
3. 3. The producers No access Christian Kleinschmidt
4. 4. The State No access Christian Kleinschmidt
5. 5. Conclusion No access Christian Kleinschmidt
6. Bibliography No access Christian Kleinschmidt
Mark Jakob
1. 1. Principles and the beginnings of trade credit insurance No access Mark Jakob
2. Mark Jakob
  1. Britain No access Mark Jakob
  2. Germany No access Mark Jakob
3. 3. The state-backed high hopes of Gutehoffnungshütte in Colombia No access Mark Jakob
4. 4. Summary and conclusion No access Mark Jakob
5. Bibliography No access Mark Jakob
Sabine Pitteloud
1. Political Risk in Host States versus Political Assistance from Home States: two Sides of the same Coin No access Sabine Pitteloud
2. Swiss MNEs, Political Risks and Institutional Activism No access Sabine Pitteloud
3. The Debates within the Business Community No access Sabine Pitteloud
4. Sabine Pitteloud
  1. A State Insurance Designed by and for Swiss MNEs No access Sabine Pitteloud
5. Bibliography No access Sabine Pitteloud
Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
1. Definitions: Risk and risk management No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
2. Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
  1. Dyno Industrier No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
  2. Norcem No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
3. Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
  1. Political risk No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
  2. Entry mode No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
4. Summary and Conclusions No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
5. Bibliography No access Kristin Stanwick Bårnås
Christian Marx
1. Introduction No access Christian Marx
2. On the nationality of investments under economic liberalism and economic nationalism No access Christian Marx
3. Breaking the taboo – Krupp, Daimler-Benz, and the Iran deal No access Christian Marx
4. The political debate on foreign investment and the international dimension of investment restrictions No access Christian Marx
5. The ministerial drafting of restriction options No access Christian Marx
6. Diverging ideas within the German economy No access Christian Marx
7. Conclusion and outlook No access Christian Marx
8. Bibliography No access Christian Marx
Ole Sparenberg
1. Introduction No access Ole Sparenberg
2. Increased competition for metals (1966–73) No access Ole Sparenberg
3. Metals, Cartels and the Global North-South divide (1973–80) No access Ole Sparenberg
4. The New International Economic Order (NIEO) and the Sixth Special Session of the UN General Assembly No access Ole Sparenberg
5. Responses No access Ole Sparenberg
6. Stockpiling of critical commodities No access Ole Sparenberg
7. Security of supply in retrospect No access Ole Sparenberg
8. Conclusion No access Ole Sparenberg
9. Bibliography No access Ole Sparenberg
Sascha Brünig
1. Three Mile Island and the Debate on Human Failure in Nuclear Safety No access Sascha Brünig
2. Engineers, Technicians, and the Personification of Diligence No access Sascha Brünig
3. Nuclear ‘Ingenieurskunst’ and the Enactment of Professional Identities No access Sascha Brünig
4. Conclusion No access Sascha Brünig
5. Sources No access Sascha Brünig
6. Bibliography No access Sascha Brünig
7. Illustration Credits No access Sascha Brünig
Eva Schäffler
1. 1. (In)security in post-socialist economic transformation and in historical research No access Eva Schäffler
2. 2. Company magazines as sources No access Eva Schäffler
3. Eva Schäffler
  1. 3.1. Debt in Czechoslovakia before and after the end of state socialism No access Eva Schäffler
  2. 3.2. Reasons for and countermeasures against insolvency No access Eva Schäffler
  3. 3.3. Discourse on insolvency and financial security No access Eva Schäffler
4. 4. Summary and Conclusion No access Eva Schäffler
5. Bibliography No access Eva Schäffler
Author information No access Pages 279 - 282