TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hausman,William J.
AU  - Hertner,Peter
AU  - Wilkins,Mira
ED  - Cambridge eBooks.
TI  - Global electrification: multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007 
T2  - Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise
SN  - 9780511512131 (ebook)
AV  - HD9685.A2 H35 2008
U1  - 333.793/2 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Electric utilities
KW  - History
KW  - Electrification
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Power resources
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); The invention and spread of electric utilities, with a measure of the extent of foreign ownership -- Multinational enterprise and international finance -- Every city, 1880-1914 -- War, the first nationalization, restructuring, and renewal, 1914-1929 -- Basic infrastructure, 1929-1945 -- Summary of the domestication pattern to 1978 -- coming full circle, 1978-2007, and a global perspective
N2  - 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. However, their role did not persist, and 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 co-operative effort by the three authors and a group of experts from many countries, offers an analysis of the history of multinational enterprise. The authors take an integrated approach, not simply comparing national electrification experiences, but supplying a truly global account.
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ER  -