Journal•ISSN: 0358-5522
Scandinavian Economic History Review
Taylor & Francis
About: Scandinavian Economic History Review is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Industrialisation. It has an ISSN identifier of 0358-5522. Over the lifetime, 907 publications have been published receiving 9971 citations. The journal is also known as: SEHR.
Topics: Population, Industrialisation, Social history, Emigration, Politics
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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that family ownership per se does not require the development of a special theory of family firms, and that the uniqueness of the family firm lies in the strength of the dynastic motive, which may strengthen trust between family members, but discourages the recruitment of non-family members and so inhibits the growth of the firm.
Abstract: The paper investigates how far the study of family firms constitutes a subject in its own right. It is argued that family ownership per se does not require the development of a special theory of family firms. It is suggested that the uniqueness of the family firm resides in the strength of the dynastic motive, which may strengthen trust between family members, but discourages the recruitment of non-family members and so inhibits the growth of the firm. The strength of the dynastic motive varies across family firms. The paper summarises two recent approaches to the economic theory of family firms which attempt to formalise these insights, and demonstrates the complementarities between them.
465 citations
TL;DR: The inverted Weberian theory as discussed by the authors argued with particular rigour by H. M. Tawney and others, the gist of which may be said to be that economic change can affect religious teaching, but also religious teaching can in tum intensify and enhance the spirit of capitalism.
Abstract: Ever since the publication in 1905 of Max Weber's study Die Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus, there has been lively controversy concerning the connection between religious belief and economic activity. Three main .categories of opinion have emerged from this debate: (1) the theory advocated by Weber, which has found numerous supporters aware in varying degrees of their debt to Weber's mode of thought: viz., that Protestantism, especially in its Calvinistic form, created a climate in which the ‘spirit of capitalism’ could flourish; (2) what may be called the inverted Weberian theory, argued with particular rigour by H. M. Robertson, that the spirit of capitalism is not the creator but the creation of businessmen; and finally (3) an intermediate theory, presented by Professor R. H. Tawney and others, the gist of which may be said to be that economic change tan affect religious teaching, but that also religious teaching can in tum intensify and enhance the spirit of capitalism. O...
336 citations
TL;DR: The concept of development block refers to a set of factors in industrial development which are closely interconnected and interdependent as discussed by the authors, which are reflected in price and cost signals in markets which are noted by firms and may give rise to new techniques and new products.
Abstract: The concept development block refers to a set of factors in industrial development which are closely interconnected and interdependent. Some of them are reflected in price and cost signals in markets which are noted by firms and may give rise to new techniques and new products. Some of them come about by firms creating new markets for their products via entrepreneurial activities in other industries. This, too, may include the creation of new techniques and new products. In both cases, incomplete development blocks generate both difficulties and opportunities for firms. This analytical approach can contribute to closing the gap between micro and macro analysis.
312 citations
TL;DR: The assumption that population is the active factor and nature the fixed factor has been rejected by modern scientific thought, especially if the problem is viewed in the long term as mentioned in this paper. But it is not necessary to go to other geological periods in order to discover great changes in Nature.
Abstract: Ever since Malthus and Ricardo, all discussions of the pressure on food supplies have started from the assumption that population is the active factor and Nature the fixed. This interpretation, however, can hardly be reconciled with modern scientific thought, especially if the problem is viewed in the long term. It is not necessary to go to other geological periods in order to discover great changes in Nature. Two changes have occurred in Sweden in the course of the last few thousand years which have radically altered the living conditions of human beings: the great land-elevation which followed the melting of the inland ice, and the climatic fluctuations which have occurred continually. The former was a gradual change and is still proceeding; the latter have made themselves felt at irregular intervals and with varying intensity.
152 citations
TL;DR: The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective as mentioned in this paper, which is a comprehensive overview of the British industrial revolution in global perspective, was published in 2009, 331 pp., ISBN 978-05-218-6827-3.
Abstract: Robert C. Allen , The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, 331 pp., ISBN 978-05-218-6827-3. The common thread which runs through most of...
148 citations