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Kenneth Bertrams, Nicolas Coupain, Ernst Homburg - Solvay, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Solvay

History of a Multinational Family Firm

Av Kenneth Bertrams, Nicolas Coupain, Ernst Homburg

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Ernest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the world's twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one of the largest companies in the field to preserve its family character. The authors analyze the company's 150-year history (1863-2013) from economic, political and social perspectives, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-03
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 40 mm
  • Vikt: 1 090 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 650
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107024809
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Kenneth Bertrams is Research Fellow at the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium and Lecturer in History at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. Nicolas Coupain is Historian and Scientific Advisor at Solvay S. A. Ernst Homburg is Professor of History of Science and Technology at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

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'This is perhaps the most important European corporate history to be published this century. We knew about Ernest Solvay the philanthropist and the role of his company in the complex of European cartels from other histories, but for the first time we now have a highly professional account from the inside of a company that was the earliest and largest European chemical multinational, yet that remained a successful and well-managed family partnership until its public flotation on the Brussels stock exchange in 1967 and further global expansion and diversification as a public joint stock company.' Leslie Hannah, University of Tokyo

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