Finance Capitalism and Germany's Rise to Industrial Power

by Caroline Fohlin

Book Overview

Based on a wide array of data collected by the author, this book uses clear theoretically motivated economic analysis to explain the structure, performance, and influence of universal banks and securities markets on firms during industrialisation. The German universal banks played a significant but not overwhelming role in the ownership and control of corporate firms. Banks gained access to boards via a confluence of their underwriting and brokerage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521810205
• ISBN13: 9780521810203
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"