Donzé / Donze The business of time

A global history of the watch industry
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6258-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Design and Material Culture

This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. In so doing, it sheds new light on the way the global economy became established.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donzé, Pierre-Yves

Donze, Pierre-Yves

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Antiquitäten, Sammelobjekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 The situation in the mid-nineteenth century
2 Responding to the American challenge, 1870–90
3 A first phase of technological and industrial diffusion, 1890–1914
4 The transformation of the watch industry, 1914–45
5 A first wave of foreign direct investment, 1945–70
6 The impact of electronics, 1970–85
7 Reorganisation of global value chains since 1985
8 Epilogue: the world watch industry in 2017
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pierre-Yves Donzé is Professor of Business History at Osaka University