Economic History

ISBN: 9783515099400
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Beiträge zur Unternehmensgeschichte (BZUG)
Volume: 30
English summary: A "sword of Damocles" for family business is the question treated in this present work. What makes the creation of a business legacy in many respects so difficult? How do family businesses succeed, over several generations,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515101356
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Beihefte (VSWG-B)
Volume: 217
English summary: Opened in Nuremberg in 1621, the Banco Publico was one of four publicly founded institutions (along with those in Venice, Amsterdam and Hamburg) for which the cashless transaction was developed around the turn of the 17th c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780956708144
Published by : Medina Publishing
The first volume of The Bank of England Bedside Book (A Thread of Gold) was published in October 2008 by Stacey International. Well received by the banking and financial sectors as well as by the general public, the book aimed to ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515103343
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Bankhistorisches Archiv – Beiheft
Volume: 48
Derivative activity is often reduced to the present, usually perceived as "opaque" trading in financial instruments such as certificates, options, futures and swaps. In many cases, there the excesses of the modern deriva... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515100748
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Beihefte (VSWG-B)
Volume: 216
English summary: While the road traffic in the USA, England and France already in the 1920s indicated an automobilization of the broader sections of the population, in Germany the popularity of the bicycle established the motorcycle as the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097864
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Schriftenreihe des Instituts für bankhistorische Forschung e.V.
Volume: 23
English summary: After the heyday of private bankers in the 18th and early 19th Centuries followed a period of serious challenges in the 1870s. While an initial wave of globalization brought new financial responsibilities, the formation of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515100045
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English summary: This volume looks at one of the German banking industry's most unique stories from a scientific perspective. Founded in 1921, the German People's Bank, later renamed the National Bank, opened its counters. As a house of Chr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515098991
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Beihefte (VSWG-B)
Volume: 215
English description: Completed in 1548, the notebook kept by Matthäus Schwarz, chief accountant in the merchant empire of the Fugger family, is an excellent source for the trade, mining, and entrepreneurial history of the 16th century. I... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515098786
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English description: This volume discusses in five essays the changes in the holdings of major private banks in Germany from the 19th century to the present, with a focus on insurance and insurance holdings of the Bavarian Mortgage and ... .... Learn More