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A business in risk : Jardine Matheson and the Hong Kong trading industry / Carol Matheson Connell.
Lippincott Library HF486.J372 C66 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connell, Carol Matheson, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jardine, Matheson & Co--History.
- Jardine, Matheson & Co.
- Corporations, British--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Corporations, British.
- Trading companies--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Trading companies.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations.
- Risk management--China--Hong Kong.
- Risk management.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--China--Hong Kong.
- Globalization.
- Competition, International.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- History.
- Hong Kong (China)--Commerce--History.
- Hong Kong (China).
- China--Hong Kong.
- Physical Description:
- 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Hong Kong Trading Industry in Economic History 1
- 2. Managing Risk: The China Trade to 1885 21
- 3. Between the Wars: Diminished Globalization, Government Protectionism, and Trading Company Response 41
- 4. Jardine Matheson's Blind Ambition: Opportunity and Risk, 1961-2002 59
- 5. Industrial Logic: Acquisition and Divestiture Strategy 85
- 6. Leveraging Relationships and Building Capability 123
- 7. Change and Learning in the Hong Kong Trading Industry 141
- 8. A Penrosean Theory of the Hong Kong Trading Company 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275980359
- OCLC:
- 52575960
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