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The International Distribution of News
  • The Associated Press, Press Association, and Reuters, 1848–1947
  • Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb
  • Published online:
    05 July 2014
    Print publication:
    24 February 2014
  • Based on newly available and extensive archival evidence, this book traces the history of international news agencies and associations around the world from 1848 to 1947. Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb argues that newspaper publishers formed news associations and patronized news agencies to cut the costs of news collection and exclude competitors from gaining access to the news. In this way, cooperation facilitated the distribution of news. The extent to which state regulation permitted cooperation, or prohibited exclusivity, determined the benefit newspaper publishers derived from these organizations. This book revises our understanding of the operation and organization of the Associated Press, the BBC, the Press Association, Reuters, and the United Press. It also sheds light on the history of competition policy respecting the press, intellectual property, and the regulation of telecommunications.

The Early Yorkshire Woollen Trade
  • Extracts from the Hull Customs' Rolls, and Complete Transcripts of the Ulnagers' Rolls
  • Edited by John Lister
  • Published online:
    05 July 2014
    Print publication:
    18 April 2013
    First published in:
    1924
  • A prominent philanthropist, landowner and politician near Halifax, John Lister (1847–1933) was dedicated to his community. He founded a Catholic school in Halifax and a reformatory trade school in the grounds of his ancestral home. A keen local historian, Lister became involved in the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, particularly in the later years of his life. Along with four other volumes, he edited for the Society this 1924 publication. Transcribing customs records from Hull and records made by royal officials in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Lister describes in his introduction how the wool trade developed and became a central part of the livelihood and character of Yorkshire. He discusses imports and exports, the lives of merchant families, and how the merchandise itself evolved as wool-working developed. Illuminating the social impact of a historically significant industry, this work remains relevant to researchers interested in the medieval economy.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
  • Or Gustavus Vassa, the African
  • Volume 2
  • Olaudah Equiano
  • Published online:
    05 July 2014
    Print publication:
    06 June 2013
    First published in:
    1789
  • Nigerian-born Olaudah Equiano (c.1745–97), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was sold into slavery as a child and endured the horrors of the transatlantic slave ships. He later worked on board Royal Navy vessels, receiving an education and converting to Christianity. Buying his freedom in 1766, he embarked on several voyages before settling in London, where he became involved in the causes of anti-slavery and the welfare of former slaves. Published in 1789, this successful two-volume autobiography boosted the abolitionist cause, providing a first-hand account of the experience of Africans on both sides of the Atlantic. An important document in the history of slavery and immigration, it remains a classic work of black writing. Volume 2 recounts how Equiano achieved his freedom, his conversion to Christianity, his experience of shipwreck in the West Indies, and his life in England.

  • Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities

  • Howard H. Yu, Willy C. Shih
  • Journal:
    Business History Review / Volume 88 / Issue 2 / Summer 2014
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 August 2014, pp. 329-357
    Print publication:
    Summer 2014
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  • The stellar growth of Taiwan's personal-computer (PC) industry over the past three decades represents a paradox. Participating in the global production system, local firms in Taiwan grew in association with established firms in the West. Despite their technical know-how, manufacturing prowess, and size, most leading Taiwanese firms did not develop their own capabilities in branding and marketing. A close examination of the historical evolution of the industry reveals that interactions with established companies in the West, in addition to local competition, decisively shaped capability development among latecomer firms. A few firms in Taiwan that eventually joined the ranks of global PC brands had been investing in marketing early, guided by a strategic vision rather than near-term economic calculation.

  • BHR volume 88 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

  • Journal:
    Business History Review / Volume 88 / Issue 2 / Summer 2014
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    14 August 2014, pp. b1-b5
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    Summer 2014
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  • Editors' Note

  • Journal:
    Business History Review / Volume 88 / Issue 2 / Summer 2014
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    14 August 2014, p. 239
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    Summer 2014
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  • BHR volume 88 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    Business History Review / Volume 88 / Issue 2 / Summer 2014
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    14 August 2014, pp. f1-f7
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  • The BNP Paribas Experience in Oral History Sources

  • Pierre de Longuemar
  • Journal:
    Business History Review / Volume 88 / Issue 2 / Summer 2014
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    14 August 2014, pp. 367-371
    Print publication:
    Summer 2014

  • In this Research Note, Pierre de Longuemar, founder of the Paribas Historical Archives Department, describes the building of their oral history program. Shortly after the Historical Archives Department was begun in 1990, Paribas decided to publish a book on its European roots. Interviews were conducted that proved an effective way of identifying Paribas's main strategic thrust during its postwar modernization. Oral histories were also collected to provide source material on the context of the merger between BNP and Paribas in 2000.

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