1st Edition
Entrepreneurship and Business History in Spain Case Studies Across Centuries
Chapter 1. Companies and Entrepreneurs: An Approach to the Business History. An Introduction
Juan Manuel Matés-Barco and Irina Yányshev-Nésterova
Chapter 2. Business and Patronage in the Art Trade during the Renaissance
Natalia Ramírez-García
Chapter 3. Entrepreneurial Strategies and Business Models in the Cádiz Wine Trade: A Comparative Analysis
María Vázquez-Fariñas
Chapter 4. The Electric Telegraph Company: Origins, Structure, and Legacy of the First Telegraph Business (1846-1869)
Simone Fari
Chapter 5. Supplying the Observatory: Telescope Makers and Procurement Markets in Lisbon and Granada (19th–20th Centuries)
Pietro Viscomi
Chapter 6. The Local Credit Bank of Spain as a factor of development (1925-1936)
Juan Manuel Matés-Barco
Chapter 7. The Montessori Project: A Global Educational Enterprise
Blanca Jándula-Justicia
Chapter 8. Valeo Martos: Key to Success in the Automotive Components Industry
Clara Belén Martos-Martínez and Marta Muñoz-Guarasa
Chapter 9. State-Led Infrastructure Development in the Canary Islands (19th Century-1914)
Irina Yányshev-Nésterova
Chapter 10. Geopolitics and phosphates. The case of the mining site of Bu Craa (Western Sahara) in times of Spanish colonization (1962-1975)
Jesús María Martínez-Milán
Chapter 11. The National Bank of Equatorial Guinea (BANGE) and its influence on the development of the Equatorial Guinean economy in the 21st century
Jesús José Mba Eki and Mariano Castro-Valdivia
Chapter 12. The Economic and Social Impact of Fashion throughout History: A Case Study of Zara
Laura García-Durán
Chapter 13. Competitive Strategies in Entertainment Sector Companies: A Game Theory Approach
José Carcelén Gómez
Chapter 14. International expansion in the water supply industry (1990-2025): The Agbar Group’s Strategy
María Angustias Dávila Vargas-Machuca
Biography
Juan Manuel Matés-Barco is a Professor of Economic and Business History and Director of the Department of Economics at the University of Jaén, Spain.
Irina Yányshev-Nésterova is an Assistant Professor of History and Economic Institutions in the Department of Historical Sciences at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
