'The overseas trading company in Britain. The case of the Inchcape Group' in S Yonekawa & H Yoshihara (eds), Proceedings of the Fuji Conference, 13, 1987. Business history of general trading companies

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Author(s) Jones, Stephanie
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1987
Pages pp131-67
Publisher University of Tokyo Press
Place Published Tokyo

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Name General trading cos

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Account by the company's historian. Describes and explains the evolution of the Inchcape business and its significant difference from the Japanese general trading company model including on account of having no significant manufacturing activities. Deals especially with the historical constituent businesses of Inchcape from the 19th century, explaining their functions and inter-relationships as they gradually consolidated into the Inchcape business in the mid 20th century