Development of Modern Business

GORDON BOYCE is Director of the International Business Program at Victoria University. He teaches International Business and economic history. Recent publications include: Information, Mediation and Institutional Development: Cooperative Structures in Global Business.SIMON VILLE is Professor of Economics at the University of Wollongong. He is currently working on a project about corporate leadership in twentieth-century Australia. Recent publications include: The Rural Entrepreneurs: A History of the Stock and Station Agent Industry in Australia and New Zealand

'A long-awaited and truly valuable text for Australian Business History students, as well as a welcome addition to reading lists in History and Business Studies.' - Dr Pamela Statham & Mr Brian Gidney, The University of Western Australia 'There is no doubt that the book will greatly facilitate the teaching of business history, and as an integrated text spanning all the major managerial sub-disciplines, it is a useful reference point for scholars in the general field of international business history and beyond.' - Steven Toms, Business History 'Very interesting combination of theory and history.' - Professor G. Jones, Harvard Business School

• History and Theory of the Growth of the FirmEntrepreneurship and ManagementInformation and UncertaintyCorporate FinanceLabour ManagementProductionMarketingStructureInter-organisational Relations and Co-operative StructuresInternational BusinessGovernment and BusinessFuture Directions in Business History.