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Business Practice in Socialist Hungary, Volume 2

From Chaos to Contradiction, 1957–1972

by Philip Scranton ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This book aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry through later reforms paying greater attention to profitable farming and the provision of ... Read more

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This book aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry through later reforms paying greater attention to profitable farming and the provision of
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Business Practice in Socialist Hungary, Volume 1

Creating the Theft Economy, 1945–1957

by Philip Scranton ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This study aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry (Volume 1: Creating the Theft Economy, 1945-1957) through later reforms paying greater ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This study aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry (Volume 1: Creating the Theft Economy, 1945-1957) through later reforms paying greater
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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China

A Socialist Experiment, 1950−1971

by Philip Scranton ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Given the near-silence in technological and business history about post-World War II socialist enterprises, this book gives voice to a generation of Communist China’s managers, entrepreneurs, cadres, and workers from the Liberation to the early 1970s. Using recently-opened online archival resources, it details and assesses the course of technical and organizational experimentation at state-owned, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Given the near-silence in technological and business history about post-World War II socialist enterprises, this book gives voice to a generation of Communist China’s managers, entrepreneurs, cadres, and workers from the Liberation to the early 1970s. Using recently-opened online archival resources, it details and assesses the course of technical and organizational experimentation at state-owned,
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Solving the Secrets of Ephesians

With Thematic and Chiastic Outlines

by J. Philip Scranton ...

One would think, that nearly 2,000 years after Paul had written the book of Ephesians, the Church would have exhausted the meanings of its secrets and the subtleties of its form. Not so. Rare is the commentator who deals with the pronoun puzzle of the first two chapters, other than to give a short, shallow mention about two verses. Few are those who explain the mysteries-the secrets-of Paul's ... Read more

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One would think, that nearly 2,000 years after Paul had written the book of Ephesians, the Church would have exhausted the meanings of its secrets and the subtleties of its form. Not so. Rare is the commentator who deals with the pronoun puzzle of the first two chapters, other than to give a short, shallow mention about two verses. Few are those who explain the mysteries-the secrets-of Paul's
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Journey to and through the Second Death

by J. Philip Scranton ...

Journey to and Through the Second Death begins the study where it should-with the first death. Bible believers hold widely diverse opinions on the first death, so a solid biblical definition of death is established before addressing the second death. Technical issues are explained in everyday language.This study has two goals. First, it seeks to bring many unanswered and shadowy questions from the ... Read more

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Journey to and Through the Second Death begins the study where it should-with the first death. Bible believers hold widely diverse opinions on the first death, so a solid biblical definition of death is established before addressing the second death. Technical issues are explained in everyday language.This study has two goals. First, it seeks to bring many unanswered and shadowy questions from the
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Reimagining Business History

by Philip Scranton, Patrick Fridenson ...

A vigorous call for rethinking the field of business history.Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts become critical. Reimagining Business History prods practitioners to take new approaches to entrepreneurial intentions, company scale, corporate strategies, local infrastructure, employee well-being, use of ... Read more

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A vigorous call for rethinking the field of business history.Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts become critical. Reimagining Business History prods practitioners to take new approaches to entrepreneurial intentions, company scale, corporate strategies, local infrastructure, employee well-being, use of
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The Emergence of Routines

Entrepreneurship, Organization, and Business History

Edited by Daniel M.G. Raff, Philip Scranton ...

This book is a collection of essays about the emergence of routines and, more generally, about getting things organized in firms and in industries in early stages and in transition. These are subjects of the greatest interest to students of entrepreneurship and organizations, as well as to business historians, but the academic literature is thin. The chronological settings of the book's eleven ... Read more

$100.99 USD

This book is a collection of essays about the emergence of routines and, more generally, about getting things organized in firms and in industries in early stages and in transition. These are subjects of the greatest interest to students of entrepreneurship and organizations, as well as to business historians, but the academic literature is thin. The chronological settings of the book's eleven
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Industrializing Organisms

Introducing Evolutionary History

Edited by Susan Schrepfer, Philip Scranton ...

Series series Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy. Everyone knows Darwin's theory of natural selection, but what about his idea of artificial selection--how humans, not nature, rework natural organisms to meet ... Read more

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Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy. Everyone knows Darwin's theory of natural selection, but what about his idea of artificial selection--how humans, not nature, rework natural organisms to meet
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Food Nations

Selling Taste in Consumer Societies

Edited by Warren Belasco, Philip Scranton ...

Series series Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
This original collection abandons culinary nostalgia and the cataloguing of regional cuisines to examine the role of food and food marketing in constructing culture, consumer behavior, and national identity. ... Read more

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This original collection abandons culinary nostalgia and the cataloguing of regional cuisines to examine the role of food and food marketing in constructing culture, consumer behavior, and national identity.
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Beauty and Business

Commerce, Gender, and Culture in Modern America

Edited by Philip Scranton ...

Series series Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
Leading historians explore how our ideas of what is attractive are influenced by a broad range of social and economic factors. They force us to reckon with the ways that beauty has been made, bought and sold in modern America. ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Leading historians explore how our ideas of what is attractive are influenced by a broad range of social and economic factors. They force us to reckon with the ways that beauty has been made, bought and sold in modern America.
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Wheel of Fortune

The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

by Thane Gustafson ...

The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the
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Meltdown

Inside the Soviet Economy

by Paul Craig Roberts, Katharine LaFollette ...

This book describes the irrational life of Soviet producers, the monstrous deprivation of Soviet consumers, and the ideological origins of the Soviet economy that have resulted in a system unable to bear the weight of being a superpower. The authors spell out the challenges that Gorbachev and his successors face. The penultimate chapter deals with the privatization of the Soviet economy. In the ... Read more

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This book describes the irrational life of Soviet producers, the monstrous deprivation of Soviet consumers, and the ideological origins of the Soviet economy that have resulted in a system unable to bear the weight of being a superpower. The authors spell out the challenges that Gorbachev and his successors face. The penultimate chapter deals with the privatization of the Soviet economy. In the
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