UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Centre for Business History in Scotland

Session 7

16.30-18.00 (5 parallel sessions)


7A: The politics of business and the business of politics

  • Venue: Senate Room
  • Chair: Marina Moskowitz (University of Glasgow)
  • Olga Wisniewska (University of Gdansk), '“There is something fishy“ - the role of north- Norwegian merchants in the election campaign of 1896/1897'
  • Maiju Wuokko (University of Helsinki), Big Business in the War of the Finnish Succession:  Motives and Means of Interaction in the Presidential Election of 1982'
  • Julie Bower (University of Worcester) and Howard Cox (University of Worcester), 'The role of political influence and hostile bids in the development of the UK alcoholic beverages industry'


7B: The family firm

  • Venue: Gilbert Scott G466
  • Chair: Andrea Colli (Bocconi University)
  • Francesca Tesi (Sorbonne University), 'From Paternalism to the Michelin Performance and Responsibility Charter: Aspects of non-profit Activities of a Family Firm'
  • Stéphanie Ginalski (Swiss National Science foundation), 'Business Elites and Family capitalism: The case of the Swiss metallurgy industry during the 20th century'


7C: Entrepreneurial careers

  • Venue: East Quad Lecture Theatre
  • Chair: Hubert Bonin (Sciences PO Bordeaux)
  • Dominique Barjot (Sorbonne University Paris), 'Family strategy and entrepreneurial policies'
  • Timo Sarkka (University of Jyväskylä), Heli Valtonen (University of Jyväskylä), Olli Tapio Turunen (University of Jyväskylä), and Maare Valtonen (University of Jyväskylä), 'The economic and social social networks of business leaders: Immigrant businessmen  in 19th century Finland'
  • John Killick (University of Leeds), Merchants and politicsin early 19th century Britain and America: Thomas Cope and William Brown, 1802-1860'


7D: Politics, planning and industrial structures

  • Venue: Forehall
  • Chair: Alfred Reckendrees (Copenhagen Business School)
  • Fabio Lavista (Bocconi University) and Giandomenico Piluso (Bocconi University), 'Can managers ignore debts? Politics, planning and governance of state-owned firms in Italy,  1955-1981'
  • Angelo Riva (European Business School, Paris), 'How to regulate a financial market? The impact of the 1893-1898 regulatory reforms on the Paris Bourse'


7E: Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship II

  • Venue: Melville Room
  • Chair: Margarita Dritsas (Hellenic Open University)
  • Carlos Alberto Damas (Espirito Santo Financial Group), 'Ricardo Espirito Santo: Philanthropy and banking, 1919-1954'
  • Mauro Di Lullo (University of Strathclyde), 'Why philanthropy is is relevant in economic development'