LEADER 04291nam 22007332 450 001 9910828304903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-30154-8 010 $a1-107-23621-5 010 $a1-107-30573-X 010 $a1-107-30663-9 010 $a1-107-31218-3 010 $a1-299-00903-4 010 $a1-107-31438-0 010 $a1-107-30883-6 010 $a1-139-17605-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000327065 035 $a(EBL)1113077 035 $a(OCoLC)827210333 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820431 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458727 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820431 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10862083 035 $a(PQKB)11251880 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139176057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1113077 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10649569 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL432153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1113077 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000327065 100 $a20111017d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSolvay $ehistory of a multinational family firm /$fKenneth Bertrams, Nicolas Coupain, Ernst Homburg ; coordinated by Ginette Kurgan-van Hentenryk, with the partnership of Philippe Mioche$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 630 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-43693-1 311 $a1-107-02480-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFirst steps: when vision and reality meet -- A multinational pioneer -- Reaching a dominant position -- Labor organization, social policy, and societal vision -- The consolidation of power -- The multiple fronts of World War I -- From the ashes, 1918-1922 -- The making of international alliances -- Family and finance through the crisis -- The electrolytic industry -- Facing war again -- Solvay's second postwar period -- Growth through diversification: the successful entry into plastics and peroxides -- Enlarging scale and scope: backward and forward integration in the 1960s and 1970s -- Solvay goes public: financial and organizational limits of a family firm -- The long and winding road to Deer Park: Solvay's return to the United States -- From bulk to brains: Solvay's entry into pharmacy and the life sciences -- Solvay in the age of globalization -- Towards sustainable product leadership -- Chemical and plastics of the future: major turning points at the start of a new century. 330 $aErnest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the world's twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one of the largest companies in the field to preserve its family character. The authors analyze the company's 150-year history (1863-2013) from economic, political and social perspectives, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition. 606 $aChemical industry$zBelgium$xHistory 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zBelgium 606 $aPhilanthropists$zBelgium 615 0$aChemical industry$xHistory. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises 615 0$aPhilanthropists 676 $a338.8/8766 686 $aBUS023000$2bisacsh 700 $aBertrams$b Kenneth$0769690 702 $aCoupain$b Nicolas$f1978- 702 $aHomburg$b Ernst$f1952- 702 $aKurgan-van Hentenryk$b G. 702 $aMioche$b Philippe 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828304903321 996 $aSolvay$94100715 997 $aUNINA