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Informationen zum Autor Simon Ville is Professor and Head of the School of Economics and Information Systems at the University of Wollongong. He is editor of the Australian Economic History Review and author of several publications on business in Australia, including The Rural Entrepreneurs. David Merrett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the University of Melbourne. He is a consultant to the ANZ Banking Group and has written extensively on business in Australia. Grant Fleming is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Finance and Applied Statistics at the Australian National University. Klappentext Tracing the evolution of large business enterprises in Australia! from the giants of the nineteenth century to the contemporary leaders! this study delves into why the market leaders became the major players. It examines the crucial elements of their success! and their roles in leading the Australian economy. The book provides a useful evaluation of the factors that have led to Australia's competitive success by investigating the evolution of its business enterprises. Zusammenfassung The Big End of Town! first published in 2004! is a proper business history of twentieth-century Australia and traces the evolution of large business enterprises in Australia. It delves into why the market leaders became the major players! examines what was crucial to their success! and their roles in leading the Australian economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The development of large scale enterprise; 3. Identifying the corporate leaders; 4. Directions of corporate expansion; 5. Methods of corporate expansion; 6. Financing corporate strategies; 7. Corporate governance and organizational design; 8. Big business and corporate leadership in the Australian economy.
