Sabine Pitteloud
Biographic Data
| ID | 2523433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabine Pitteloud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabine |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitteloud |
| SIGNATURE | PITTELOUD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Geneva |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9251-4804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society
Geoffrey Jones and Sabine Pitteloud present the latest research on the global history of multinationals and their impact on society and the environment. Bringing together leading international scholars, these essays survey key themes in our relationship with multinationals, from taxation and corruption to gender and the climate. Though often associated with large corporations like Apple or Nestlé, the contributors highlight the remarkable diversi…
Multinationals, Organized Labor, and the Environment in the Postwar World
A Negative Brussels Effect? Organised Business and the Europeanisation of the Environment in the 1970s
Drawing on business associations’ archives of various European countries, this article examines the joint action of the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE) and the Council of European Industrial Federations (CEIF) regarding the Europeanisation of the environment in the early 1970s. The analysis shows that the structuring of business representation fostered a race to the bottom logic in the name of consensus and the…
International human resource management and political risks
Swiss Multinationals versus the French Welfare State? The Social Security Deficit, European Integration, and the Battle for ‘Fair’ Drug Prices (1970–1990)
Drawing on corporate and business association archives, this contribution investigates how Swiss multinational enterprises from the pharmaceutical industry (Ciba, Geigy, Hoffmann-La Roche, Sandoz) navigated governments’ interventions in France to preserve their profitability. Our analysis shows how diplomatic talks were crucial for Swiss firms having to cope with rising inflation and the freezing of drug prices, as well as increased customs contr…
The rise and fall of private advocacy forums from 1945 to the twenty-first century
How did "globalist" elites organize themselves politically to defend their agenda, that is, the imposition of global free trade and investment flows and the protection of markets from sovereign decisions? And are the forms of organization they deployed still effective in the changing political economy of the twenty-first century? Building on business historical scholarship and drawing on the archives of business interest associations and key busi…
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
This editorial examines how corporate practices have evolved to address social and environmental concerns. In addition to the division of labor between business historians and historians of social movements, we identify two key challenges to be addressed when conducting research on efforts to change corporate behavior. The first challenge relates to the source material related to interactions in these fields. Such material is often difficult to a…
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
Can Activists Change Business For Good
Can Activists Change Business For Good
Have Faith in Business
During the 1970s, religious activists were heavily involved in national and international campaigns against multinationals and urged firms to adapt their behavior to align with Christian ethics. This article analyzes the strategies of Nestlé in addressing religious activism at three levels: national, international, and organizational. The analysis examines Nestlé’s collaboration with other Swiss and European multinationals and high-ranking church…
Introduction
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Let’s coordinate! The reinforcement of a ‘liberal bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987
This article focuses on the establishment in the 1970s of a new international private governance forum, the so-called ‘Interlaken Conferences’, which gathered together the leading figures of the Industrial Federations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. It therefore contributes to the literature dealing with business interest associations’ (BIAs) international alliances, and to the growing corpu…
American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The closure of the Swiss Firestone factory in 1978
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of US management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a narrative perspective and relying on rich sources from government, labour and trade associations’ archives, the article demonstrates how the ‘nationality’ was subjected to actors’ percepti…
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique
À l’heure de la deuxième mondialisation, les entreprises multinationales se révèlent être des acteurs incontournables, et ce d’un point de vue non seulement économique, mais également politique. En vue d’apporter un éclairage historique sur ce phénomène, cet article analyse l’institutionnalisation progressive de la « multinationale » comme catégorie politique à part entière au sein du patronat. Sur la base d’archives conservées dans les fonds de …
Multinationale et fermetures de filiales
À travers l’analyse détaillée de deux cas de fermeture de filiale dans les années 1970, cet article s’intéresse aux conséquences sociales et politiques multiples des décisions de désinvestissement des sociétés multinationales. La première étude de cas porte sur la décision d’une multinationale helvétique de l’aluminium, Alusuisse, de fermer une de ses filiales dans la région de Venise en Italie. La seconde se focalise sur la décision de la multin…
Nestlé
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Let’s coordinate! The reinforcement of a ‘liberal bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987
This article focuses on the establishment in the 1970s of a new international private governance forum, the so-called ‘Interlaken Conferences’, which gathered together the leading figures of the Industrial Federations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. It therefore contributes to the literature dealing with business interest associations’ (BIAs) international alliances, and to the growing corpu…
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique
À l’heure de la deuxième mondialisation, les entreprises multinationales se révèlent être des acteurs incontournables, et ce d’un point de vue non seulement économique, mais également politique. En vue d’apporter un éclairage historique sur ce phénomène, cet article analyse l’institutionnalisation progressive de la « multinationale » comme catégorie politique à part entière au sein du patronat. Sur la base d’archives conservées dans les fonds de …
International human resource management and political risks
Swiss Multinationals versus the French Welfare State? The Social Security Deficit, European Integration, and the Battle for ‘Fair’ Drug Prices (1970–1990)
Drawing on corporate and business association archives, this contribution investigates how Swiss multinational enterprises from the pharmaceutical industry (Ciba, Geigy, Hoffmann-La Roche, Sandoz) navigated governments’ interventions in France to preserve their profitability. Our analysis shows how diplomatic talks were crucial for Swiss firms having to cope with rising inflation and the freezing of drug prices, as well as increased customs contr…
Have Faith in Business
During the 1970s, religious activists were heavily involved in national and international campaigns against multinationals and urged firms to adapt their behavior to align with Christian ethics. This article analyzes the strategies of Nestlé in addressing religious activism at three levels: national, international, and organizational. The analysis examines Nestlé’s collaboration with other Swiss and European multinationals and high-ranking church…
American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The closure of the Swiss Firestone factory in 1978
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of US management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a narrative perspective and relying on rich sources from government, labour and trade associations’ archives, the article demonstrates how the ‘nationality’ was subjected to actors’ percepti…
Nestlé
Multinationale et fermetures de filiales
À travers l’analyse détaillée de deux cas de fermeture de filiale dans les années 1970, cet article s’intéresse aux conséquences sociales et politiques multiples des décisions de désinvestissement des sociétés multinationales. La première étude de cas porte sur la décision d’une multinationale helvétique de l’aluminium, Alusuisse, de fermer une de ses filiales dans la région de Venise en Italie. La seconde se focalise sur la décision de la multin…
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique
À l’heure de la deuxième mondialisation, les entreprises multinationales se révèlent être des acteurs incontournables, et ce d’un point de vue non seulement économique, mais également politique. En vue d’apporter un éclairage historique sur ce phénomène, cet article analyse l’institutionnalisation progressive de la « multinationale » comme catégorie politique à part entière au sein du patronat. Sur la base d’archives conservées dans les fonds de …
American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The closure of the Swiss Firestone factory in 1978
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of US management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a narrative perspective and relying on rich sources from government, labour and trade associations’ archives, the article demonstrates how the ‘nationality’ was subjected to actors’ percepti…
Have Faith in Business
During the 1970s, religious activists were heavily involved in national and international campaigns against multinationals and urged firms to adapt their behavior to align with Christian ethics. This article analyzes the strategies of Nestlé in addressing religious activism at three levels: national, international, and organizational. The analysis examines Nestlé’s collaboration with other Swiss and European multinationals and high-ranking church…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Let’s coordinate! The reinforcement of a ‘liberal bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987
This article focuses on the establishment in the 1970s of a new international private governance forum, the so-called ‘Interlaken Conferences’, which gathered together the leading figures of the Industrial Federations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. It therefore contributes to the literature dealing with business interest associations’ (BIAs) international alliances, and to the growing corpu…
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
This editorial examines how corporate practices have evolved to address social and environmental concerns. In addition to the division of labor between business historians and historians of social movements, we identify two key challenges to be addressed when conducting research on efforts to change corporate behavior. The first challenge relates to the source material related to interactions in these fields. Such material is often difficult to a…
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy
Can Activists Change Business For Good
Can Activists Change Business For Good
International human resource management and political risks
Swiss Multinationals versus the French Welfare State? The Social Security Deficit, European Integration, and the Battle for ‘Fair’ Drug Prices (1970–1990)
Drawing on corporate and business association archives, this contribution investigates how Swiss multinational enterprises from the pharmaceutical industry (Ciba, Geigy, Hoffmann-La Roche, Sandoz) navigated governments’ interventions in France to preserve their profitability. Our analysis shows how diplomatic talks were crucial for Swiss firms having to cope with rising inflation and the freezing of drug prices, as well as increased customs contr…
The rise and fall of private advocacy forums from 1945 to the twenty-first century
How did "globalist" elites organize themselves politically to defend their agenda, that is, the imposition of global free trade and investment flows and the protection of markets from sovereign decisions? And are the forms of organization they deployed still effective in the changing political economy of the twenty-first century? Building on business historical scholarship and drawing on the archives of business interest associations and key busi…
The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society
Geoffrey Jones and Sabine Pitteloud present the latest research on the global history of multinationals and their impact on society and the environment. Bringing together leading international scholars, these essays survey key themes in our relationship with multinationals, from taxation and corruption to gender and the climate. Though often associated with large corporations like Apple or Nestlé, the contributors highlight the remarkable diversi…
Multinationals, Organized Labor, and the Environment in the Postwar World
A Negative Brussels Effect? Organised Business and the Europeanisation of the Environment in the 1970s
Drawing on business associations’ archives of various European countries, this article examines the joint action of the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE) and the Council of European Industrial Federations (CEIF) regarding the Europeanisation of the environment in the early 1970s. The analysis shows that the structuring of business representation fostered a race to the bottom logic in the name of consensus and the…
Political science (12 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · European history and politics (3 works) · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies (3 works)