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1 online resource (650 pages) |
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Tables; Charts; Figures and Maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 The Pioneering Years (1863-1914); 1 First Steps; 1.1 Inspiration and Implementation; Initial Human Capital; The Alkali Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; Ernest Solvay as Individual Inventor; An Entrepreneur Surrounded; 1.2 A Difficult Start for the Couillet Plant; Workshop Culture and Empirical Method; The Light at the End of the Column; 2 A Multinational Pioneer; 2.1 Experimenting with Three Strategies of Internationalization (1870s); Dombasle, the Model Plant; Ludwig Mond, Industrial Friend |
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Delayed Presence in Germany2.2 Emergence of a Transatlantic Group of Solvay Companies (1880s); Change of Scale in England; Founding of Deutsche Solvay Werke A.G.; A Step into the Steppe: Lubimoff & Cie; Crossing the Atlantic: The Solvay Process Company; Partnering with Aussiger Verein in Austria-Hungary; Comparison of Contributions from the Associated Companies; 2.3 A Company of Engineers; The Quest for Technical Supremacy; Industrial Research in Its Infancy; Securing Supply of Ammonia; Toward a Broader Range of Products; Slow Growth in Caustic Soda |
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The Unfulfilled Challenge of Chlorine RecoveryAttempts at Phosphates; 3 Reaching a Dominant Position; 3.1 War and Peace in Soda Ash International Trade; Market Organization and Solvays Commercial Strategy; From Competitive Battles to Industrial Ententes in the National Markets; France, Primary Market and Group Apprentice; Triangular Competition in Germany; Slow Penetration into Austria-Hungary; Russia Locked Out; Great Britain, or the Battle on Enemy Territory; Open Competition in the Anticartel and Protectionist United States; Taking Command of the International Soda Ash Trade |
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3.2 Evolution of Management StructuresShaping of Financial and Management Principles (1866-1882); Change in Internal Dynamics and Debates on the Groups Structure (1882-1905); 4 Labor Organization, Social Policy, and Societal Vision; 4.1 Elaboration of an Industrial Relations Strategy; 4.2 The Multiple Facets of Solvays Social Relations; An Industrial Empire, Diverse Work Conditions; A Paternalistic Relationship; Hierarchy and Recruiting; Discipline, Schedules, and Wages; Town Planning and Industrial Architecture Dedicated to Productivism; Hygiene, Education, Leisure, and Morality |
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An Internal Social Security SystemPublic Relations and Philanthropy; Aiming at Social Peace; 5 The Consolidation of Power; 5.1 Opportunistic Diversifications: Potash and Coke Oven By-Products; German Investments in Potash; Coke Ovens and Their By-Products; 5.2 Being a Part of the Electrochemical Revolution; 5.3 A New Round of Geographical Expansion; Introducing Heavy-Chemical Industry to Spain; Italian Investigations; Staying Ahead in Germany; 5.4 Ensuring Continuity: The Rise of the Second Generation; 5.5 The Nonindustrial Life of Ernest Solvay: Scientia Vincere Tenebras |
| Summary |
The authors analyze Solvay's 150-year history, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition |
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6 Conclusion of Part 1 |
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Print version record |
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Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922.
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Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922 fast |
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Solvay S.A. -- History
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Solvay S.A. fast |
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Chemical industry -- Belgium -- History
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International business enterprises -- Belgium
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Philanthropists -- Belgium
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Chemical industry
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International business enterprises
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Philanthropists
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Belgium
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Coupain, Nicolas
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Homburg, Ernst
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| ISBN |
9781107308831 |
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1107308836 |
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