A Family Business? : The Making of an International Business Elite (Paperback)

List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The creation of a new business Europe: the rise of the multinational firm and its managers; 3. The routes to internationalism: family backgrounds, and education experience; 4. Choosing a career: family edicts and school verdicts; 5. Careers across Europe; 6. Escalator or roller-coaster? Moving on and flying high in the businesses of Europe; 7. Invisible resources: families of origin and marriage; 8. A family of beliefs and character; 9. Reaching the top: origins, competence and connections; 10. A family affair; Appendix A. Methods of study; Appendix B. Coding of social origins; Appendix C. Basis of regrouping of sector categories; Notes; References; Index.