Global Electrification: Multinational Enterprise and International Finance in the History of Light and Power, 1878-2007 (Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise)

This book examines how from the late 1870s multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the spread of electrification around the world. The early and significant impact of multinational enterprises did not persist by 1978 multinational enterprises had been replaced by electrical utility providers with national business structures. Yet, in recent years, there has been a vigorous revival of multinational enterprise in the provision of light and power. This unique cooperative effort by the three authors and a group of experts from many countries offers a fresh historical analysis. Read more...
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