American Investment in Australian Industry

American Investment in Australian Industry
Author: Donald T. Brash
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415190435

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chemicals

Chemicals
Author: United States. Bureau of Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1965
Genre:
ISBN:

Chemicals

Chemicals
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1967
Genre: Chemical industry
ISBN:

The Big End of Town

The Big End of Town
Author: Grant Fleming
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2004-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781139452137

Never before had a book been published which provides such a comprehensive study of Australian corporate leadership over the past 100 years. Written by a team of economic historians The Big End of Town, first published in 2004, is a proper business history of twentieth-century Australia. This book traces the evolution of large business enterprises in Australia, from the giants of the nineteenth century - such as Dalgety's, CSR and BHP - to the contemporary leaders in Newscorp and Qantas. It delves into why the market leaders became the major players, examines what was crucial to their success, and their roles in leading the Australian economy. By investigating their evolution this book provides a useful evaluation of the factors that have led to their competitive success and provides an essential guide for all businesses in Australia and beyond.

Business Institutions and Behaviour in Australia

Business Institutions and Behaviour in Australia
Author: David Merrett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135300372

This study of Australian business institutions and practices places the rise of big business in Australia in a comparative context through a study of its 100 largest firms in the first six and a half decades of the 20th century. Unlike many of the wealthy economies of the northern hemisphere, Australia's lists of the 100 largest firms were dominated up to World War II by those from the resource and service industries. The high levels of foreign direct investment in the resources and manufacturing industries is also highlighted. Other chapters employ 21st-century theories of the firm to explore business behaviour in more depth.

Area Handbook for Australia

Area Handbook for Australia
Author: Donald P. Whitaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1974
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

A philosophical analysis informed by history, this work examines the reasons for the highly destructive behavior of the Red Guards in the early part of China's Cultural Revolution. By probing the political, educational, and psychological factors influencing the Red Guards, Jing Lin sheds light on how teenagers and young adults were able to justify violence in the name of class struggle and human rights. She concludes that non-critical, categorical thought, buttressed by the political and educational systems, was pivotal. Jing Lin introduces the work with a discussion of democratic and non-democratic thought, and of the Red Guards' views about class struggle, authority and justice. She then examines the theory behind Mao's totalitarian rule. Chapter Three is devoted to schools, and their decisive role in developing the Red Guards. The psychology of the Red Guards follows: Lin details how concepts of the proletariat, class enemies, and intellectuals nurtured habits of aggression and obedience. In concluding, Lin suggests how to foster critical and democratic thinking in Chinese education.

Direct Foreign Investment in Asia and the Pacific

Direct Foreign Investment in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Peter D. Drysdale
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1972-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1442638427

This volume appears at a time when there is tremendous interest in direct investment of one country in the industry of another. It brings together papers by leading economists from North America, Australia and Asia, and provides an excellent introduction to this currently important economic issue. The contributions include original and comprehensive surveys of experience with, and policies towards, direct foreign investment in the Asian-Pacific region. Of particular interest are the discussion of investment within and from Japan and the synthesis of studies on North America, Australia, and the developing Asian countries. The book is a valuable guide for policy-makers and businessmen, and should serve as an essential text for students of foreign investment. General readers will find answers here to many questions on the economics of countries which encourage foreign investment or invest considerably outside their own shores.