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Global operations of multinational corporations are often plagued with scandals resulting from crimes committed by their executives. How has this type of crime evolved throughout

Two Hundred Years of British Business in Latin America

Shortly since Latin American gained its independence from Spain in the early nineteenth century, British investors showed interest in the region and kept arriving attracted by the

The History of Bank Deregulation

Few issues generate more heated debate than the regulation (or deregulation) of the financial sector. This became an increasingly important issue particularly after the 2008 cris

The Financial Revolution

What is the role of finance in explaining why some countries are more powerful than others? How can we trace this influence back in history? Richard Sylla (from New York University

The Evolution of the International Financial Centers

When it comes to the idea of “international financial centers,” places like London, New York, or Frankfurt come to mind. How did these cities become the centers of wo

The cultural origins of the concept of the self-made entrepreneur

Few things as American as the celebration of the “self-made entrepreneur.” Thousands of books and articles have been written about this and there’s a constant cal

The Business History of Communisum

communism Few concepts are considered as contradictory to the idea of “business” as “communism.” Communist regimes, however, needed to develop methods to ma

Management Practices and Slavery in the United States

Traditional Marxist historians considered slavery the anti-thesis of capitalism. Recent research, however, has shown that both systems co-existed with each other and had strong t

Gender and Business History