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This book examines how multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the course of electrification around the world. Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s through the
Currently, the terms regulation and deregulation are on everyone's lips. However, historical attempts to solve the problem of natural monopolies ranged between two extremes. On the one hand there was the government regulation of private companies in
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Development. 42:1-16
1. introductionRailroads played a major role in the development of the antebellum United States. The availability of an expanding railroad infrastructure revolutionized the dynamics of the US economy, shattering traditional time and space barriers. T
Autor:
William J. Hausman
Publikováno v:
Business History. 60:381-398
This is a case study of financial fraud. The Associated Gas & Electric Company (AG&E), controlled by Howard C. Hopson, was one of the largest utility holding companies of the ‘Roaring 20s’. Hopson’...
Publikováno v:
Utilities Policy. 29:54-62
One of the greatest challenges facing developing countries is gaining access to the capital necessary to achieve widespread electrification, and for this aid is essential. We examine the history of World Bank and other aid agencies' policies in foste
Autor:
John L. Neufeld, William J. Hausman
Publikováno v:
Business History. 53:723-746
The history of electric utility regulation at both the state and national level from the beginning of the industry through the aftermath of the California energy crisis of 2000–01 is presented. That history was partly determined by the economics of
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Transnational Corporations. 19:97-101
Over the last decade or so, huge transnational corporations (TNCs) operating in the electricity sector – as well as in other infrastructure sectors including communications, transportation and water – have emerged to occupy important positions in
Publikováno v:
Global Electrification. :277-290
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Global Electrification. :291-308
Autor:
William J. Hausman
Publikováno v:
Enterprise & Society. 8:765-776
I want to begin with an apology to Anne Tyler, whose title I have so blatantly misappropriated. The idea of the "accidental business historian" has appealed to me for a long time, and I thought maybe Tyler's book also could provide a pithy lesson.1 A