British entrepreneurship in Poland : a case study of Bradford Mills at Marki near Warsaw, 1883-1939 / Sarah Dietz.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dietz, Sarah, author.

Series:

• Modern economic and social history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Investments, British--Poland--History--19th century.
• Investments, British--Poland--History--20th century.
• Industrial policy--Poland--History.
• Industrial policy.
• History.
• Investments, British.
• Poland.

Genre:

• History.

Physical Description:

xii, 296 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Glossary of abbreviations and translations
• Introduction
• We may join together faithfully to raise our fortunes : Britain's economic climate and the formation of the partnership in 1883
• An English company, of English registration : the organisational form and financing of the foreign enterprise
• To embark their energies in a part of the world more favourable : assessing the opportunity created by foreign protectionism
• Goods to the east and profits to the west : industrial development in Poland and the advantages of Marki
• British interests will be in no way served : the role of the British consul to assist foreign direct investment
• Your word is gold and your friendship a good security : social and commercial networking in Warsaw
• A piece of England on russian soil : building, equipping and marketing the foreign factory
• The Polish bournville or port sunlight : paternalism, the model industrial community and employment policy at Marki
• English foremen, English machinery and English business methods : international technology transfer and the Yorkshire community of Marki
• Glowing accounts are being received from Warsaw : evaluating the firm's mode of operation and performance from 1883 to 1914
• Under threats and at the revolver's point : political instability and its impact on business behaviour after 1905
• The immensity of the calamity and the want of financial and material means : the history of Bradford Mills at Marki from 1914-1939
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781472441386
• 1472441389

OCLC:

900867816