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Global Electrification: Multinational Enterprise and International Finance in the History of Light and Power, 1878-2007

By Mira Wilkins , William J. Hausman , Peter Hertner

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521880351, 9780521880350
LCC
HD9685.A2 H35 2008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3775914 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise
Edition
1st
Pages
513\513
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36

Description

This book examines how multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the course of electrification around the world. Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s through the first three decades of the twentieth century. Their role did not persist, as over time they exited through "domestication" (buy-outs, confiscations, or other withdrawals), so that by 1978 multinational enterprises in this sector had all but disappeared, replaced by electrical utility providers with national business structures. Yet, in recent years, there has been a vigorous revival. This book, a unique cooperative effort by the three authors and a group of experts from many countries, offers a fresh analysis of the history of multinational enterprise, taking an integrative approach, not simply comparing national electrification experiences, but supplying a truly global account.

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