Christopher Kobrak (1950-2017) was a Professor of Finance at ESCP-EAP, European School of Management. He received a BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University and MA, PhD degrees in European History from Columbia University, from which he also held an MBA in Finance and Accounting. A CPA with ten years of work experience in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia, his teaching and research interests included international finance and business history.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Business, Political Risk, and HistoriansChristopher Kobrak, Per H. Hansen and Christopher KopperChapter 2. Multinationals and DictatorshipMira WilkinsChapter 3. The Axis Multinational InsurersGerald D. FeldmanChapter 4. Market Assessment and Domestic Political RiskPeter HayesChapter 5. German Pharmaceutical Companies in South AmericaJana WüstenhagenChapter 6. Multinational Jewish BusinessMartin DeanChapter 7. Siemens’ Investments in Eastern EuropeWilfred FeldenkirchenChapter 8. IBM and its German Subsidiary, 1910-1945Lars HeideChapter 9. The Great Northern Telegraph CompanyKurt JacobsenChapter 10. Managing Risk in the Third ReichNeil ForbesChapter 11. Under the Threat of Nazi OccupationEduard Kubù, Jiøi Novotný and Jiøi ŠoušaNotes on ContributorsIndex

Christopher Kobrak (1950-2017) was a Professor of Finance at ESCP-EAP, European School of Management. He received a BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University and MA, PhD degrees in European History from Columbia University, from which he also held an MBA in Finance and Accounting. A CPA with ten years of work experience in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia, his teaching and research interests included international finance and business history.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Business, Political Risk, and HistoriansChristopher Kobrak, Per H. Hansen and Christopher KopperChapter 2. Multinationals and DictatorshipMira WilkinsChapter 3. The Axis Multinational InsurersGerald D. FeldmanChapter 4. Market Assessment and Domestic Political RiskPeter HayesChapter 5. German Pharmaceutical Companies in South AmericaJana WüstenhagenChapter 6. Multinational Jewish BusinessMartin DeanChapter 7. Siemens’ Investments in Eastern EuropeWilfred FeldenkirchenChapter 8. IBM and its German Subsidiary, 1910-1945Lars HeideChapter 9. The Great Northern Telegraph CompanyKurt JacobsenChapter 10. Managing Risk in the Third ReichNeil ForbesChapter 11. Under the Threat of Nazi OccupationEduard Kubù, Jiøi Novotný and Jiøi ŠoušaNotes on ContributorsIndex

Christopher Kobrak (1950-2017) was a Professor of Finance at ESCP-EAP, European School of Management. He received a BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University and MA, PhD degrees in European History from Columbia University, from which he also held an MBA in Finance and Accounting. A CPA with ten years of work experience in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia, his teaching and research interests included international finance and business history.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Business, Political Risk, and HistoriansChristopher Kobrak, Per H. Hansen and Christopher KopperChapter 2. Multinationals and DictatorshipMira WilkinsChapter 3. The Axis Multinational InsurersGerald D. FeldmanChapter 4. Market Assessment and Domestic Political RiskPeter HayesChapter 5. German Pharmaceutical Companies in South AmericaJana WüstenhagenChapter 6. Multinational Jewish BusinessMartin DeanChapter 7. Siemens’ Investments in Eastern EuropeWilfred FeldenkirchenChapter 8. IBM and its German Subsidiary, 1910-1945Lars HeideChapter 9. The Great Northern Telegraph CompanyKurt JacobsenChapter 10. Managing Risk in the Third ReichNeil ForbesChapter 11. Under the Threat of Nazi OccupationEduard Kubù, Jiøi Novotný and Jiøi ŠoušaNotes on ContributorsIndex