Hartmut Berghoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hartmut Berghoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hartmut |
| FAMILY NAME | Berghoff |
| SIGNATURE | BERGHOFF H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Practicing a «dark art»: On the history of tax management
Since the Boom: Continuity and Change in the Western Industrialized World after 1970
Marked by a period of massive structural change, the 1970s in Europe saw the collapse of traditional manufacturing. The essays in this collection question aspects of the narrative of decline and radical transformation
Eva Maria Gajek / Anne Kurr / Lu Seegers (Hrsg.), Reichtum in Deutschland. Akteure, Räume und Lebenswelten im 20. Jahrhundert. (Hamburger Beiträge zur Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte, Bd. 57.) Göttingen, W…
Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century
Can capitalism ever truly be environmentally conscious? Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century provides a historical analysis of the relationship between business interests and environmental initiatives over the past century
Shady business: On the history of white-collar crime
White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of tru…
Organised irresponsibility”? The Siemens corruption scandal of the 1990s and 2000s
Siemens is one of the world’s leading electrical engineering corporations. In 2006, a massive corruption scandal erupted, concluded in 2008 with a record fine. For Siemens the largest risk was being barred from government contracts. As a consequence, it replaced virtually its entire managing board, an unprecedented procedure in the history of the company. This article looks at the background of the scandal. Why did Siemens employees engage in cor…
Green Capitalism?: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century
Green Capitalism: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century
Debt and Credit. From Post-war Reconstruction to the Age of Financialization. Introduction
published
Moderne Unternehmensgeschichte: Eine themen- und theorieorientierte Einführung
Varieties of Financialization? Evidence from German Industry in the 1990s
Following some general remarks on the impact of financialization on nonfinancial sectors of the economy, this article identifies common misconceptions about the German and American varieties of capitalism. It then outlines the post-1960 U.S. experience with financialization, including the reasons for the rise of financialization and its main consequences. The article will then look at Germany, a country with a very different entry point into the …
Business History
Blending personal and managerial capitalism: Bertelsmann's rise from medium-sized publisher to global media corporation and service provider, 1950–2010
This article suggests that the distinction between family and managerial capitalism is not as clear as often assumed and presents empirical evidence for hybrid forms of governance. It is based on a case study of Europe's largest media company, Bertelsmann AG, which grew from a mid-sized firm into a large multinational after 1950. Family-led until 1981, Bertelsmann is still family-controlled today. The article analyses the structure of the family,…
Risk and uncertainty in financial markets: A Symposium
Economic action takes place in risky and uncertain environments. Whether for medieval traders whose merchandise needs to be secured against theft during transport or financial traders on Wall Street who need to close deals in highly volatile financial markets—risk and uncertainty are universal features of economic activity. The question of how societies and economic actors deal with risk and uncertainty provides a crucial entry point for investig…
The Rise of Marketing and Market Research
This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they
Decoding Modern Consumer Societies
Missing Links? Business History and Environmental Change
Business and the natural environment, economy and ecology, are commonly perceived as being irreconcilable opposites. This article evaluates the variables of this opposition and asks for differentiated concepts from business and environmental history. In doing so it analyzes the existing literature in both subdisciplines and looks at why they have been relatively isolated from each other. The authors advocate approaches that integrate business and…
Nutzen und Grenzen des kulturwissenschaftlichen Paradigmas für die Wirtschaftsgeschichte
The End of Family Business? The Mittelstand and German Capitalism in Transition, 1949–2000
The Mittelstand sector of the German economy, which is made up of small and medium-sized family firms, is generally not mentioned in debates about German capitalism. This article makes the case that the focus of research on the German economy should shift from large corporate structures to these smaller firms. The classic Mittelstand model, which dominated the economy until about 1970, was characterized by identity of ownership and management, st…
Markterschließung und Risikomanagement: Die Rolle der Kreditauskunfteien und Rating-Agenturen im Industrialisierungsund Globalisierungsprozess des 19. Jahrhunderts. The Role of Credit Reporting and Ra…
This article examines the origins of the credit reporting and rating agencies in the 19 th century. It demonstrates in a theoretical chapter that they were institutional responses to the problem of information asymmetry in imperfect markets and that these problems escalated due to the expansion of markets in the process of industrialisation and globalisation. By collecting and disseminating essential information on the solvency of debtors, the ag…
Times Change and We Change with Them: The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression
(2003). 'Times Change and We Change with Them': The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression. Business History: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 128-147
Enticement and Deprivation: The Regulation of Consumption in Pre-War Nazi Germany
Marketing Diversity: The Making of a Global Consumer Product—Hohner's Harmonicas, 1857–1930
Unlike most nineteenth-century makers of traditional musical instruments, who did not aim at mass markets, German harmonica manufacturers were able to develop a large and worldwide market for their product. Located in regions outside Germany's industrial core districts, they epitomized successful specialty production. From the beginning, they relied on exports, especially to North America, a trade that was initially assisted by transatlantic emig…
Nachruf auf Professor Dr. Sidney Pollard 1925-1998
Transaktionskosten: Generalschlüssel zum Verständnis langfristiger Unternehmensentwicklung? Zum Verhältnis von Neuer Institutionenökonomie und moderner Unternehmensgeschichte
Article Transaktionskosten: Generalschlüssel zum Verständnis langfristiger Unternehmensentwicklung? Zum Verhältnis von Neuer Institutionenökonomie und moderner Unternehmensgeschichte was published on December 1, 1999 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 40, issue 2)
The End of Family Business? The Mittelstand and German Capitalism in Transition, 1949–2000
The Mittelstand sector of the German economy, which is made up of small and medium-sized family firms, is generally not mentioned in debates about German capitalism. This article makes the case that the focus of research on the German economy should shift from large corporate structures to these smaller firms. The classic Mittelstand model, which dominated the economy until about 1970, was characterized by identity of ownership and management, st…
Varieties of Financialization? Evidence from German Industry in the 1990s
Following some general remarks on the impact of financialization on nonfinancial sectors of the economy, this article identifies common misconceptions about the German and American varieties of capitalism. It then outlines the post-1960 U.S. experience with financialization, including the reasons for the rise of financialization and its main consequences. The article will then look at Germany, a country with a very different entry point into the …
Shady business: On the history of white-collar crime
White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of tru…
Organised irresponsibility”? The Siemens corruption scandal of the 1990s and 2000s
Siemens is one of the world’s leading electrical engineering corporations. In 2006, a massive corruption scandal erupted, concluded in 2008 with a record fine. For Siemens the largest risk was being barred from government contracts. As a consequence, it replaced virtually its entire managing board, an unprecedented procedure in the history of the company. This article looks at the background of the scandal. Why did Siemens employees engage in cor…
Blending personal and managerial capitalism: Bertelsmann's rise from medium-sized publisher to global media corporation and service provider, 1950–2010
This article suggests that the distinction between family and managerial capitalism is not as clear as often assumed and presents empirical evidence for hybrid forms of governance. It is based on a case study of Europe's largest media company, Bertelsmann AG, which grew from a mid-sized firm into a large multinational after 1950. Family-led until 1981, Bertelsmann is still family-controlled today. The article analyses the structure of the family,…
British Businessmen as Wealth-Holders, 1870–1914: A Closer Look
Risk and uncertainty in financial markets: A Symposium
Economic action takes place in risky and uncertain environments. Whether for medieval traders whose merchandise needs to be secured against theft during transport or financial traders on Wall Street who need to close deals in highly volatile financial markets—risk and uncertainty are universal features of economic activity. The question of how societies and economic actors deal with risk and uncertainty provides a crucial entry point for investig…
Public Schools and the Decline of the British Economy 1870-1914
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE DECLINE OF THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870–1914 Get access Hartmut Berghoff Hartmut Berghoff Bielefeld University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 129, Issue 1, November 1990, Pages 148–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/129.1.148 Published: 01 November 1990
Times Change and We Change with Them: The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression
(2003). 'Times Change and We Change with Them': The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression. Business History: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 128-147
Markterschließung und Risikomanagement: Die Rolle der Kreditauskunfteien und Rating-Agenturen im Industrialisierungsund Globalisierungsprozess des 19. Jahrhunderts. The Role of Credit Reporting and Ra…
This article examines the origins of the credit reporting and rating agencies in the 19 th century. It demonstrates in a theoretical chapter that they were institutional responses to the problem of information asymmetry in imperfect markets and that these problems escalated due to the expansion of markets in the process of industrialisation and globalisation. By collecting and disseminating essential information on the solvency of debtors, the ag…
Marketing Diversity: The Making of a Global Consumer Product—Hohner's Harmonicas, 1857–1930
Unlike most nineteenth-century makers of traditional musical instruments, who did not aim at mass markets, German harmonica manufacturers were able to develop a large and worldwide market for their product. Located in regions outside Germany's industrial core districts, they epitomized successful specialty production. From the beginning, they relied on exports, especially to North America, a trade that was initially assisted by transatlantic emig…
Tired Pioneers and Dynamic Newcomers? A Comparative Essay on English and German Entrepreneurial History, 1870-1914
H. Berghoff, R. Moller, Tired Pioneers and Dynamic Newcomers? A Comparative Essay on English and German Entrepreneurial History, 1870-1914, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 47, No. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 262-287
Public Schools and the Decline of the British Economy 1870-1914
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE DECLINE OF THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870–1914 Get access Hartmut Berghoff Hartmut Berghoff Bielefeld University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 129, Issue 1, November 1990, Pages 148–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/129.1.148 Published: 01 November 1990
British Businessmen as Wealth-Holders, 1870–1914: A Closer Look
A Reply to W.D. Rubinstein's Response
Adel und Bürgertum in Deutschland 1770-1848
Zur zentralen Thematik des Münchener Kolloquiums über Adel und Bürgertum in Deutschland 1770 - 1848 zählten Untersuchungen zu den gesellschaftlichen Misch- und Kontaktzonen, in denen sich die Trennlinien zwischen Adel und Bürgertum verwischten resp. verfestigten. Das Haupinteresse richtete sich dabei auf den Adel im Süden und Westen Deutschlands, wo die Verbürgerlichung der Gesellschaft sehr viel bessere Chancen besaß als in Altpreußen und in der…
Tired Pioneers and Dynamic Newcomers? A Comparative Essay on English and German Entrepreneurial History, 1870-1914
H. Berghoff, R. Moller, Tired Pioneers and Dynamic Newcomers? A Comparative Essay on English and German Entrepreneurial History, 1870-1914, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 47, No. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 262-287
Regional Variations in Provincial Business Biography: The Case of Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester, 1870–1914
This article summarises the results of a prosopographic study of 1,328 entrepreneurs from Birmingham, Bristol, and Manchester who were actively engaged in business between 1870 and 1914. The first part concentrates on traits that appear to have been general features of provincial business leaders. The main purpose of this article, however, is to pinpoint marked variations in the social profile of these three business communities and to discuss to…
Nachruf auf Professor Dr. Sidney Pollard 1925-1998
Transaktionskosten: Generalschlüssel zum Verständnis langfristiger Unternehmensentwicklung? Zum Verhältnis von Neuer Institutionenökonomie und moderner Unternehmensgeschichte
Article Transaktionskosten: Generalschlüssel zum Verständnis langfristiger Unternehmensentwicklung? Zum Verhältnis von Neuer Institutionenökonomie und moderner Unternehmensgeschichte was published on December 1, 1999 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 40, issue 2)
Enticement and Deprivation: The Regulation of Consumption in Pre-War Nazi Germany
Marketing Diversity: The Making of a Global Consumer Product—Hohner's Harmonicas, 1857–1930
Unlike most nineteenth-century makers of traditional musical instruments, who did not aim at mass markets, German harmonica manufacturers were able to develop a large and worldwide market for their product. Located in regions outside Germany's industrial core districts, they epitomized successful specialty production. From the beginning, they relied on exports, especially to North America, a trade that was initially assisted by transatlantic emig…
Times Change and We Change with Them: The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression
(2003). 'Times Change and We Change with Them': The German Advertising Industry in the Third Reich - Between Professional Self-Interest and Political Repression. Business History: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 128-147
Markterschließung und Risikomanagement: Die Rolle der Kreditauskunfteien und Rating-Agenturen im Industrialisierungsund Globalisierungsprozess des 19. Jahrhunderts. The Role of Credit Reporting and Ra…
This article examines the origins of the credit reporting and rating agencies in the 19 th century. It demonstrates in a theoretical chapter that they were institutional responses to the problem of information asymmetry in imperfect markets and that these problems escalated due to the expansion of markets in the process of industrialisation and globalisation. By collecting and disseminating essential information on the solvency of debtors, the ag…
The End of Family Business? The Mittelstand and German Capitalism in Transition, 1949–2000
The Mittelstand sector of the German economy, which is made up of small and medium-sized family firms, is generally not mentioned in debates about German capitalism. This article makes the case that the focus of research on the German economy should shift from large corporate structures to these smaller firms. The classic Mittelstand model, which dominated the economy until about 1970, was characterized by identity of ownership and management, st…
Nutzen und Grenzen des kulturwissenschaftlichen Paradigmas für die Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Missing Links? Business History and Environmental Change
Business and the natural environment, economy and ecology, are commonly perceived as being irreconcilable opposites. This article evaluates the variables of this opposition and asks for differentiated concepts from business and environmental history. In doing so it analyzes the existing literature in both subdisciplines and looks at why they have been relatively isolated from each other. The authors advocate approaches that integrate business and…
The Rise of Marketing and Market Research
This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they
Decoding Modern Consumer Societies
Blending personal and managerial capitalism: Bertelsmann's rise from medium-sized publisher to global media corporation and service provider, 1950–2010
This article suggests that the distinction between family and managerial capitalism is not as clear as often assumed and presents empirical evidence for hybrid forms of governance. It is based on a case study of Europe's largest media company, Bertelsmann AG, which grew from a mid-sized firm into a large multinational after 1950. Family-led until 1981, Bertelsmann is still family-controlled today. The article analyses the structure of the family,…
Risk and uncertainty in financial markets: A Symposium
Economic action takes place in risky and uncertain environments. Whether for medieval traders whose merchandise needs to be secured against theft during transport or financial traders on Wall Street who need to close deals in highly volatile financial markets—risk and uncertainty are universal features of economic activity. The question of how societies and economic actors deal with risk and uncertainty provides a crucial entry point for investig…
Business History
Moderne Unternehmensgeschichte: Eine themen- und theorieorientierte Einführung
Varieties of Financialization? Evidence from German Industry in the 1990s
Following some general remarks on the impact of financialization on nonfinancial sectors of the economy, this article identifies common misconceptions about the German and American varieties of capitalism. It then outlines the post-1960 U.S. experience with financialization, including the reasons for the rise of financialization and its main consequences. The article will then look at Germany, a country with a very different entry point into the …
Green Capitalism?: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century
Green Capitalism: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century
Debt and Credit. From Post-war Reconstruction to the Age of Financialization. Introduction
published
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