Business History¶

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Exam questions

Syllabus¶

Lectures¶

Preindustrial manufacturing
- Mercantilism
- The Netherlands
- Agricultural revolution
- Putting-out system
- Craft production
First industrial revolution
- British revolution
  - Situation of Great Britain
  - Technological innovations
    - Energy and demand
    - Factory bottlenecks
  - Production and trade
  - Areas involved
- Factory system
  - Preconditions
  - Enterpreneurs
  - Factories in different countries
  - Impact on workers
Second industrial revolution
- Railroad revolution
  - Railway system in different countries
  - Railway management
  - Large companies
    - Whitney
    - Carnegie
    - Morgan
    - Duke
- Managerial hierarchy
  - Manufacturing and marketing
    - Worker-Machinery dualism
    - National markets
  - Integration
    - Vertical integration
    - Horizontal integration
    - Mergers
  - Internal management
    - Company organization
    - Multi-unit enterprises
    - Business management as visible hand
- National big businesses
  - United States
    - Large companies
    - Small companies
  - Germany
    - Large companies
    - Small companies
  - United Kingdom
    - Large companies
    - Small companies
  - Japan
    - Large companies
    - Small companies
  - China
    - Large companies
    - Small companies
  - France
  - Soviet Union
  - Italy
- Managerial capitalism
  - Consumerism
  - Business structure
  - Multidivisional structure
    - Decentralized management
    - General Motors and DuPont
- Bauhaus
- Europe between the two wars
  - Differences with the US
    - Cartels and holdings
    - State intervention
  - Great Britain
  - Germany
- Japan and China between the two wars
  - Japan
    - Local context
    - Zaibatsu companies
    - Small businesses
    - Governance
  - China
    - Local context
    - Public enterprises
    - Guanxi
Third industrial revolution
- US businesses towards the TIR
- European businesses towards the TIR
- Asia towards the TIR
- Convergence and Divergence in World Businesses

Exam¶

6 ECTS

Mode¶

Four open questions (ten lines each one) that will be added to the Industrial Organization examination (the final mark will be weighted)

Authors: Giacomo