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Crime and (No) Punishment: Business Corporations and Dictatorships
No full textThis introductory chapter puts the volume’s contributions in dialogue with three academic fields. First, we show how the historiography of Latin American authoritarian regimes and the corporate sector benefits from debates on the role of big business in Nazi Germany. At the same time, we point out important differences to avoid inaccurate generalizations about such relationships. Second, we discuss the contributions to the dominant interpretations among scholars on Latin American history on the relationship between large corporations and authoritarian regimes, particularly focusing on the dependency and neo-institutional approaches. Lastly, we put the volume in the context of recent findings in labor studies, human rights, and Transitional Justice regarding the role played by corporations during the Cold War military dictatorships in Latin America.Fil: Basualdo, Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina. - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina; Argentina. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina Buenos Aires. Área de Economía y Tecnología; ArgentinaFil: Berghoff, Hartmut. Universität Göttingen; AlemaniaFil: Bucheli, Marcelo. University of Illinois. Urbana - Champaign; Estados Unido
Eva Maria Gajek / Anne Kurr / Lu Seegers (Hrsg.), Reichtum in Deutschland. Akteure, Räume und Lebenswelten im 20. Jahrhundert. (Hamburger Beiträge zur Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte, Bd. 57.) Göttingen, Wallstein 2019
No full textThe 1990s: An Epochal Threshold for Germany’s Economy? The Reconfiguration of Germany Inc. between Transformative Change and Continuity
No full textZusammenfassungDieser Aufsatz befasst sich mit den Umbrüchen der 1990er Jahre in der Wirtschaft der Bundesrepublik und fragt nach dem Verhältnis von Diskontinuität und Kontinuität. Ausgehend von der Diskussion um die „Varieties of Capitalism“ wird diskutiert, inwieweit sich der koordinierte Kapitalismus deutscher Spielart auflöste. Im Einzelnen werden die Deregulierung des Kapitalmarktes, die Finanzialisierung der Unternehmen und ihre zunehmende Plastizität sowie die Veränderungen von Management und Arbeitsbeziehungen thematisiert. Auch wenn sich tiefgreifende Umbrüche, insbesondere die Aushöhlung traditioneller Sicherheiten nachweisen lassen, löste sich die Deutschland AG keineswegs auf. Vielmehr nahm sie lediglich partiell Elemente des angelsächsischen Modells auf. Insgesamt flexibilisierte und modernisierte sie sich
The end of family business? The Mittelstand and German capitalism in transition, 1949-2000
No full textThe Mittelstand sector of the German economy, which is made up of small and medium-sized family firms, is generally not mentioned in debates about German capitalism. This article makes the case that the focus of research on the German economy should shift from large corporate structures to these smaller firms. The classic Mittelstand model, which dominated the economy until about 1970, was characterized by identity of ownership and management, strong emotional investment by owners and staff, and an emphasis on continuity, paternalism, and independence. Beginning in the 1960s, this model was undermined by fundamental changes in the country's economic and sociocultural environment. In response, the firms abandoned a number of their traditional attributes, a process that led to the demise of some businesses and the regeneration of others. Although the modern form adopted by the surviving Mittelstand firms allows them to be less dependent on individual families, to enjoy more access to external capital, and to display more openness and international orientation, they can no longer rely on the prospect of long-term stability, as they did in the past
Eine Kollektivbiographie führender Wirtschaftsbürger in Birmingham, Bristol und Manchester
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