Angel Calvo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5756276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angel Calvo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angel |
| FAMILY NAME | Calvo |
| SIGNATURE | CALVO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
International Migrations and Labour Market Regulation. Spanish Workers in France during the First World War
A profound, widespread and lasting impact has made the First World War the focus of the early attention of scholars from different fields and backgrounds. Despite the sizeable efforts and progress achieved, some territory remains unexplored. One of these is the foreign workforce’s role and, particularly, the so-called ‘white’ labour force. To fill in the gaps that still exist, this research is divided into four main sections. They include structu…
State, firms and technology. The rise of multinational telecommunications companies: ITT and the Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España , 1924–1945
This article addresses a major topic in business history: the strategies used by multinational telecommunications companies to establish themselves on the world stage. It seeks to explore two interconnected issues: how a new entrant-ITT-used the immature market of Spain in its strategy for expansion, and how Spanish national institutions and government regulation influenced this process. With the backing of the US banks and government, ITT create…
The shaping of urban telephone networks in Europe, 1877–1926
This article analyses the spread of public utilities and urban development through a wide-ranging comparison of European cities. It considers variables that are not simply demand-based to explain the diffusion of the telephone. The article explores the relationship between variables, city size, position in the urban hierarchy, urban growth and the function of the city in relation to the spread of the telephone. It concludes that the scale and the…
The Spanish telephone sector (1876-1924): A case of technological backwardness
This article explains the often neglected history of the Spanish telephone sector. Its main purpose is to examine the factors that determined the technological choices that were made in this sector, and to describe and analyze the growth of telephone networks in Spain and the rest of Europe between 1876 and 1924, a period marked by the internationalization of technology. It concludes that a complex range of factors, varying in their specific impo…
State, firms and technology. The rise of multinational telecommunications companies: ITT and the Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España , 1924–1945
This article addresses a major topic in business history: the strategies used by multinational telecommunications companies to establish themselves on the world stage. It seeks to explore two interconnected issues: how a new entrant-ITT-used the immature market of Spain in its strategy for expansion, and how Spanish national institutions and government regulation influenced this process. With the backing of the US banks and government, ITT create…
The Spanish telephone sector (1876-1924): A case of technological backwardness
This article explains the often neglected history of the Spanish telephone sector. Its main purpose is to examine the factors that determined the technological choices that were made in this sector, and to describe and analyze the growth of telephone networks in Spain and the rest of Europe between 1876 and 1924, a period marked by the internationalization of technology. It concludes that a complex range of factors, varying in their specific impo…
The shaping of urban telephone networks in Europe, 1877–1926
This article analyses the spread of public utilities and urban development through a wide-ranging comparison of European cities. It considers variables that are not simply demand-based to explain the diffusion of the telephone. The article explores the relationship between variables, city size, position in the urban hierarchy, urban growth and the function of the city in relation to the spread of the telephone. It concludes that the scale and the…
State, firms and technology. The rise of multinational telecommunications companies: ITT and the Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España , 1924–1945
This article addresses a major topic in business history: the strategies used by multinational telecommunications companies to establish themselves on the world stage. It seeks to explore two interconnected issues: how a new entrant-ITT-used the immature market of Spain in its strategy for expansion, and how Spanish national institutions and government regulation influenced this process. With the backing of the US banks and government, ITT create…
International Migrations and Labour Market Regulation. Spanish Workers in France during the First World War
A profound, widespread and lasting impact has made the First World War the focus of the early attention of scholars from different fields and backgrounds. Despite the sizeable efforts and progress achieved, some territory remains unexplored. One of these is the foreign workforce’s role and, particularly, the so-called ‘white’ labour force. To fill in the gaps that still exist, this research is divided into four main sections. They include structu…
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economy (3 works) · Finance (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works)