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Industrial Policy and its Funding at the Frontier of European Integration: Lessons from the Past and Present Challenges 欧洲一体化前沿的产业政策及其资金来源：过去的教训和当前的挑战

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.20

Daniela Felisini, Paolo Paesani

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Paper Steaks: Live Cattle Futures Markets and the Financial Revolution of 1964 纸牛排活牛期货市场与 1964 年的金融革命

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.16

Tim Paulson

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The Role of Forecasts in Planning for Energy Infrastructure: A Historical Look at Past Futures in Postwar Quebec 预测在能源基础设施规划中的作用：战后魁北克过去未来的历史回顾

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.10

Clarence Hatton-Proulx

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“Killing Complaints with Courtesy”: The Role of Relationship Building in the Success of the Early U.S. Central Power Stations (1890–1938) "以礼消怨"：关系建设在美国早期中央发电站成功中的作用（1890-1938 年）

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.11

Veronica Jacome

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Wartime segmentation: Class, gender, and nation in the marketing of consumers, Sweden 1939–1945 战时细分：消费者营销中的阶级、性别和民族，瑞典 1939-1945 年

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.7

Klara Arnberg, Jim Hagström

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Fighting for the soul of coal: Colliery closures and the moral economy of nationalization in Britain, 1947–1994 为煤炭的灵魂而战：1947-1994 年英国关闭煤矿和国有化的道德经济学

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.6

Andrew Perchard, Keith Gildart, Ben Curtis, Grace Millar

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More than Just a Business: Recasting Literary Publishing in Postwar Germany, 1945–1949 不仅仅是一门生意战后德国文学出版业的重塑，1945-1949 年

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.4

Anne Stokes, Ray Stokes

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“The Vital Link”: British Print Media Export to Australia, 1853–1980 "重要纽带"：英国印刷媒体对澳大利亚的出口，1853-1980 年

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.2

Holly Elizabeth Dayton Swenson

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Expatriate Merchants and Partnership Formation 1840–1920: Danish Merchants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 外籍商人与合伙关系的形成（1840-1920 年）：泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔的丹麦商人

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.3

Daniel Riddell

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“Making the Peaks Higher”: Foundations of Stanford University’s Growth, 1910–1960 "让山峰更高"：斯坦福大学的发展基础，1910-1960 年

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Enterprise & Society Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2024.1

Stephen B. Adams

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