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Thousands of companies across the industrialized world have recorded their histories, albeit in their own unique ways – from relatively benign, albeit colorful chronicles, usually written for the private archives of founding families, to titles with well-defined corporate applications. Corporate histories in the United States have been ...
The History of the Corporation (2003) Cadman, John William. The Corporation in New Jersey: Business and Politics (1949) Conard, Alfred F. Corporations in Perspective. 1976. Cooke, C.A., Corporation, Trust and Company: A Legal History, (1950) Davies, PL, and LCB Gower, Principles of Modern Company Law (6th ed., Sweet and Maxwell, 1997), chapters ...
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the annually ranked Fortune Global 500 published by Fortune magazine, as well as other sources. [2] Out of 50 largest companies 23 are American , 17 Asian and 10 European .
Accounting fraud. An auditor was murdered, an adviser committed suicide. The largest collapse in Hong Kong history. Texaco: United States: 13 April 1987: Oil: After a legal battle with Pennzoil, whereby it was found to owe a debt of $10.5 bn, Texaco went into bankruptcy. It was later resurrected and taken over by Chevron. Qintex: Australia ...
Business history is a historiographical field which examines the history of firms, business methods, government regulation and the effects of business on society. It also includes biographies of individual firms, executives, and entrepreneurs.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in Siena, Italy, is the oldest surviving bank in the world and Italy's third largest bank. It was founded in 1472. The oldest companies in the world are the brands and companies which remain operating (either in whole or in part) since inception, excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations.
The history of multinational corporations began with the history of colonialism. The first multi-national corporations were founded to set up colonial "factories" or port cities. [4] The two main examples were the British East India Company founded in 1600 and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) founded in 1602. In addition to carrying on trade ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... Below is the list of largest employers including government owned companies and ...