Postcolonial Transition And Global Business History
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Postcolonial Transition And Global Business History
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Author : Stephanie Decker
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Postcolonial Transition And Global Business History written by Stephanie Decker and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
British multinationals faced unprecedented challenges to their organizational legitimacy in the middle of the twentieth century as the European colonial empires were dismantled and institutional transformations changed colonial relationships in Africa and other parts of the world. This book investigates the political networking and internal organizational changes in five British multinationals (United Africa Company, John Holt & Co., Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Bank of West Africa and Barclays Bank DCO). These firms were forced to adapt their strategies and operations to changing institutional environments in two English-speaking West African countries, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) and Nigeria, from the late 1940s to the late 1970s. Decolonization meant that formerly imperial businesses needed to develop new political networks and change their internal organization and staffing to promote more Africans to managerial roles. This postcolonial transition culminated in indigenization programmes (and targeted nationalizations) which forced foreign companies to sell equity and assets to domestic investors in the 1970s. Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History is the first in-depth historical study on how British firms sought to adapt over several decades to rapid political and economic transformation in West Africa. Exploring both postcolonial transitions and development discourse, this book addresses the topics with regard to business and economic history and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of organizational change, political economy, African studies and globalization.
International And Cross Cultural Management Studies
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Author : G. Jack
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-11-19
International And Cross Cultural Management Studies written by G. Jack and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-19 with Business & Economics categories.
Drawing on postcolonial theory this text offers a critique of international management. It argues that such disciplines are Western discourses and exhibit historical and current resonances with the vicissitudes of the so called 'colonial project'. The book explores alternative approaches to the question of the 'other' in late global capitalism.
The Business Of Development In Post Colonial Africa
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Author : Véronique Dimier
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-13
The Business Of Development In Post Colonial Africa written by Véronique Dimier and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-13 with History categories.
This collection brings together a range of case studies by both established and early career scholars to consider the nexus between business and development in post-colonial Africa. A number of contributors examine the involvement of European companies (most notably those of former colonial powers) in development in various African states at the end of empire and in the early post-colonial era. They explore how businesses were not just challenged by the new international landscape but benefited from the opportunities it offered, particularly those provided by development aid. Other contributors focus on the development agencies of the departing colonial powers to consider how far these served to promote the interests of European companies. Together these case studies constitute an important contribution to our understanding of both business and development in post-colonial Africa, redressing an imbalance in existing histories of both business and development which focus predominantly on the colonial period. This volume breaks new ground as one of the very first to bring the study of foreign companies and development aid into the same frame of analysis
Commercial Banking In Kenya
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Author : Christian Velasco
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-05
Commercial Banking In Kenya written by Christian Velasco and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-05 with Social Science categories.
This book investigates the impact of commercial banks in Kenya right through from their origins, to their role during the colonial period, the process of adaptation following independence, and up to their responses to new challenges and economic policies in the twenty-first century. The British colonisation of East Africa required the development of diverse political, social and economic institutions to advance and exercise control over the territories and their populations. Multinational commercial banks were among the first institutions, with the National Bank of India, Standard Bank of South Africa and Barclays Bank DCO all setting up business in Kenya, whilst continuing to maintain close relationships with the UK and other colonial actors. This book assesses the impact of commercial banks during the last years of colonial domination and the tools they used to adapt in the first decades of independence. The book concludes by considering how the colonial banking system has influenced the development of modern financial institutions in Kenya in the twenty-first century. This book argues that commercial banks are fundamental to understanding African colonies, and the foundations over which the financial system of contemporary Africa was constructed. It will be of interest to researchers of banking, economic history, the colonial period, and African studies.
The Rise Of Digital Management
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Author : François-Xavier de Vaujany
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-06-03
The Rise Of Digital Management written by François-Xavier de Vaujany and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-03 with Business & Economics categories.
This book analyzes the history of management, placing it in perspective with both American history and the genealogy of digital technology. Focusing on the years of industrial mobilization in the United States (from 1937 to 1945) and their extension into the Cold War, it shows particularly how "scientific management" was reconfigured and re-legitimized in favor of a new profoundly American geopolitics. In a context where the future was at a standstill, this research also explains what became of the managerial processes at the heart of capitalism from the 40s onwards: the shift from a managerial capitalism of calculation to a narrative capitalism made up of "desiring machines". This digital management no longer simply contributes, along with others, to unveiling and revealing the future. Aligned with the American obsession with novelty, it is the very process of revelation and unveiling, with managers and consumers alike becoming the intersecting subjects of desires borne of managerial apocalypses. To explore this period of American history, the author has combined a triple narrative anchored in three types of archives: an intimate history of this reconfiguration from the presence in New York of Saint-Exupéry, Burnham and Wiener; a description of the great historical moment of industrial mobilization; and a philosophical speculation about reconfiguration and its links to American history.
The Rise Of The Global Company
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Author : Robert Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
The Rise Of The Global Company written by Robert Fitzgerald and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Business & Economics categories.
Readable, wide-ranging history of multinational enterprise, exploring its role in international events and influence on globalization and the modern world.
Capitalism In The Colonies
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Author : A. G. Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-07-16
Capitalism In The Colonies written by A. G. Hopkins and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-16 with Business & Economics categories.
"A look into the Golden Age of African merchants at the end of the nineteenth century, through case studies in Lagos"--
Global Business
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Author : Mark Casson
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2023-09-06
Global Business written by Mark Casson and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-06 with Business & Economics categories.
This fascinating book examines international business and multinational enterprise as part of a bigger picture, considering the importance of two main components: space and time. Summarising the past five years, Mark Casson reviews the changing role of multinational enterprises within the global economy and how leading firms have generated profitability and growth not only from innovations in technology and marketing, but also by exploiting legal loopholes in tax and regulatory systems.
British Business In Post Colonial Malaysia 1957 70
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Author : Nicholas J. White
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-02
British Business In Post Colonial Malaysia 1957 70 written by Nicholas J. White and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-02 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only a 'pseudo-independence', largely because of the entrenched and dominant position of British business interests allied to indigenous elites. The author argues that, although British business did indeed have a strong position in Malaysia in this period, Malaysian politicians and administrators were able to utilise British business, which was relatively weak vis-a-vis the Malaysian state, for their own ends, at the same time as indigenous businesses and foreign, non-British competitors were gathering strength. In addition, despite the commitment of both Conservative and Labour governments in the UK to preserving British influence worldwide through the Commonwealth relationship, British firms in Malaysia received only limited support from the British post-imperial state.
Tensions Of Empire
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Author : Ken'ichi Gotō
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2003
Tensions Of Empire written by Ken'ichi Gotō and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.