EBHA BORDEAUX 2000 CONVENTION :
ACADEMIC SESSIONS
1. Internationalised luxury & leisure
Puig Nuria, Madrid University
Soria Audrey, Lyon University
Vernus Pierre, Lyon University
Bakker Gerben, European University
Institute and New York University
The making of an international
business : Spanish perfumery, 19002000
The Lyon silk industrial firms and
internationalisation in the 19th
century
The export policy of Lyon silk firm
Bianchini-Ferier, 1890s-1970s
Selling French films on foreign
markets. The international strategy of
a medium-sized French company,
1921-1939
2. Electricity & internationalisation
Dalmasso Anne, Grenoble University, Regional firms in front of
France
internationalisation : hydroelectricity
companies in the French Alps (1900s1960s)
Davids Mila, Technical University
Multinational enterprises and the
Eindhoven, Pays-Bas
organisation of industrial production
abroad : the case of Philips
Beltran Alain, Ecole normale
The internationalisation of EDF and
supérieure de Cachan, France ; with GDF, the two French State electricity
Varaschin André (Artois University)
and gaz utilities, in the years
1960/1980 ; The international policy
of French electricity firm EDF
Vuillermot Catherine, Lyon University The international extensions of the
electricy Durand group in the first
half of the 20th century
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3. Internationalised telecommunications (Technology transfers and
entrepreneurship : a driving force of the internationalisation (18502000)
Griset Pascal, Paris University
Haikio Martti, Nokia group
Jacobsen Phil Kurt, Copenhagen
University
Yang Daqing, Washington University
Submarine cables, international
competition & technological
transfers : a long terme perspective
(1850-2000)
The globalisation of
telecommunication firm Nokia since
the 1980s
The Great Northern Telegraph
company and Japan, 1930-1943 : in
struggle for control over the Far
Eastern Telegraphs
The Japanese struggle to resist the
Great Northern Telegraph company
imperialism
4. International technology transfers
Bouneau Christophe, Bordeaux
University
French railway companies and
international technlogical transfers in
electrification systems (1895-1970)
Polese Francesca, Bocconi University, International transfer of
Milan
technologies : the training trip
through Europe of the Italian
engineer G.B. Pirelli in 1870-1871
Mounier-Kuhn Pierre, Paris University Technology transfers and reception in
the French computer industry, 19481964
Le Roux Muriel, Paris University
Aluminium firms Pechiney and Alcoa
innovation relationship. A complexe
challenge for technological monopoly
in the 20th century
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5. Geopolitics challenges
Kuisma Markku & Jensen-Eriksen
Niklas, Department of History,
Helsinki University, Finland
British government, Anglo-American
oil companies & the case of the
Finnish oil market during the Cold
War
Segreto Luciano, Dipartimento di
Western strategic interests versus
studi sullo stato, Universita degli
national economic interests : oil,
studi du Firenze
NATO and Italy (1958-1965)
Eloranta Jari, European University
Small states in the international arms
Institute
transfer system in the interwar period
Gemelli Giulana, Bologna University
Private foundations as scientific
multinationals : strategic issues and
historical trends (1920s-1980s)
Berneron-Couvenhes Marie-Françoise, The internationalisation of
Paris-Sorbonne University
Messageries Maritimes company,
1851-1914 : the defence or French
pavillion overseas
6. International entreprises in Latin America
Fernandez Domingo Enrique,
University of Lorient (France)
Guimaraes Carlos-Gabriel, Rio de
Janeiro
Delanghe Henri, Leuven University,
Belgique
Escudier Jean-Louis, Montpellier
University
French and German competition in
Chile : the electrification of the first
section of State railways, 1908-1920
The London & Brazilian Bank (18621871) : a British overseas bank in
Brazil during the 2th half of the 19th
century
Business strategies of Japanese
textile firms in Brazil, from 1955
Firms’ development strategy between
internal and international markets ;
the case of French public works firm
Bartissol, 1841-1916
7. The internationalisation of car industry : American & Japanese
firms
Bordenave Gérard & Lung Yannick,
Bordeaux University
Loubet Jean-Louis, Evry University,
and Hatzfeld Nicolas
Garcia-Ruiz Jose-Luis, Complutense
University of Madrid
Estapé-Triay Salvador, Barcelona
University
Twin strategies of internationalisation
of the US carmakers : Ford and
General Motors in the 20th century
An American car maker in France :
Ford (1908-1952)
Barreiros Diesel & Chrysler
Corporation, 1963-1969 : causes of a
failed internationalisation
Adaptation and survival in a
changing environment : the case of
Nissan Spain in the 1980-1990s
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8. The internationalisation of car industry : Europeans firms
Freyssenet Michel (Evry and Paris
Universities)
Fridenson Patrick, EHESS Paris
University
Hernandez-Marco Jose-Luiz
Volpato Giuseppe, Venezia University
The internationalisation of Renault
during the second half of the 20th
century
Internationalisation and finance in
the automobile industry : Renault
International import prices and
demand for private motorcars in
Spain during the 1920s
The Fiat Case : strength and
weakness of on obliged
internationalisation
9. Internationalised agrobusiness
Côte Sébastien, Paris University
A French beverages firm in front of
world wide expansion : PernodRicard, 1974-2000
Grosbois Thierry, Arras University
The European strategy of Dutch
brewery firm Heineken in the 20th
century
Knaap Dorien, University of
The first Dutch multinational firm,
Groningen, Faculty of economics, The the agrobusiness company : WA
Netherlands
Scholten, 1840-1940
Pedersen Kurt, Aarhus school of
International strategies of Danish
business, Danemark ; Strandskov
margarine firms (especially MonstedJesper & Sorensen P.
Fennia)
10.
Small countries’ firms & internationalisation
Fletcher Scott, Reading University
The European policy of shoemaker
Bata in the interwar
Heinrich Thomas, Baruch College,
Multinational corporations in the
North American paper industry :
New York
International paper and the rise of
Candian newsprint, 1920-1941
Müller Margrit, Zurich University
Coping with changing barriers to
trade : strategies of Swiss firms on
the interwar
Pedersen Kai, Norwegian school of
‘Globalist’ and ‘localist’ perspectives
on European Economic integration :
management
Norwegian industry and national
policy toward international
competitition, 1945-1960
Rajaniemi Niko, European Parliament Forest industry, key to the
reintegration of Finland in world
economy after the Second World War
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11. Wines & alcohols on international markets
[president : Terry Gourvish, London school of economics]
Da Silva Lopes Teresa, Reading
Brands and multinational growth in
University
the alcoholic beverages industry
Duguid Paul, Berkeley California
The international structure of the
University
port wine trade : a historical
Perspective
Jones Steve, Dundee University
Global marketing & industrial
concentration in the scotch whisky
industry since 1970
12. Wines & alcohols on international markets
Desbois-Thibault Claire, Paris
Sorbonne University
Simpson James, Universidad Carlos
III de Madrid
Wegener-Sleeswijk Anne, Paris &
Amsterdam Universities
The international policy of
champagne firm Moët & Chandon in
the 19th century
Controlled appellation, brand names
and cooperatives : the demand and
supply for wine quality control
systems for Sapnish wines, 18601970
Brands, quality and reputation of
French wines on the Dutch market at
the end of the 18th century and the
beginning of the 19th century
13. Means of transportation & internationalised strategies
Channon Geoffrey, University of the
West of England, Bristol
Vidal-Olivares Javier, Alicante
University, & Ortunez-Goicolea Pedro
Pablo, Valladolid University
Voogd (de) Cees, Lecturer Economic
History, Historical Institute, Leiden
University, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA
Leiden, The Netherlands
Yuzawa Takeshi, Tokyo University
The international scope of railway
companies in the 19th century
The internationalisation of the
ownership in European Railways
entreprises ; the case of Spain
The globalisation of the shipbuilding
industry since the 1960s
Rivalries of Western firms in the Far
east : locomotive exports to Japan in
the latter part of the 19th century
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14. International managing
[president : Riitta Hjerrpe, Helsinki University]
Amdam Rolv Peter, Norwegian school The introduction of the M-form in the
of management, Sandvika
Scandinavian countries
Cailluet Ludovic, ESUG, Toulouse
‘La forme en M’, complete imitation or
University
hybridation of a management mode,
or sheer pragmatism ?
Larsen Eirinn, Norwegian school of
Management, Sandvika, and ESSEC
Paris University ; & Laufer
Jacqueline, Département des
ressources humaines, H.E.C.
Piluso Giandomenico & Toninelli Pier
Angelo, Milano University
The impact of formal and informal
institution in the construction of
HRM pratices : Norway and France in
the 1980s and 1990s
Managing a multinational network :
organisation, training and
accountancy in Italian multinational
banking in the 1900s-1930s (Credito
Italiano and COMIT)
15. Heavy industries’ international developpment
D’Angio Agnès, Paris University
Becker Susan, Bonn University
Moine Jean-Marie, Tours University
Wale Judith, Warwick business
school, Université de Warwick,
Royaume-Uni
Witschke Tobias, Firenze European
University Institute
The development of Schneider
abroad, 1897-1955 : the export of the
Creusot factory
More than just foreign direct
investment : Metallgesellschaft &
Vieille Montagne before 1914 ; the
different facets of multinationality
The internationalisation of French
tubes firm Pont-à-Mousson
Internationalisation of company
marketing stategies : the boom in
coal exports from UK North Sea
ports, 1906-1913
The rise of August Thyssen Hütte in
the European Coal & Steel
Community, 1950-1965 : a case of
non-globalisation
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16. Evolution of international risks assessment by international bank
and companies in the new global economy
Bouchet Michel-Henry, professeur,
chaire Global Finance, CERAM,
Sophia-Antipolis ; ING-Barings &
World Bank consultant
Chapparo E. or Viellecaszes Pierre,
World Bank
Fallon Tom or Terrier J.L., bankers
Groslambert B., CERAM professor
The rising importance of governance
in country risk assessment
The role of international
organisations in providing financing
data, intelligence and risk cover : the
World Bank
Country risk analysis in European
banks : the learning curve (19802000)
Investing in emerging markets : the
shortcoming of traditional analytical
tools
17. From local to global : the internationalisation of small & middlesized entreprises and of industrial regions
Amatori Franco, Bocconi Milan
University
From villages of Central Italy to
around the world : the shoemaking
industry of the Marches
Joly Hervé (Lyon University)
The limited internationalisation of the
economic control of the big industrial
and commercial establishments : the
case of the Rhone-Alpes region in the
first part of the 20th century
Lamard Pierre (Université
A case of the internationalisation of a
technologique de Belfort-Montbéliard, smal & medium sizes enterprise : the
rue du Château, Sévenans, 90010
French mechanics firm ViellardBelfort CEDEX
Migeon (1980-1990s)
Soler Raimon (Barcelona University)
Weaving the network : the
& Prat Marc (Firenze University)
international marketing of Catalan
cotton textiles (1850-1930)
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18. French economy & internationalisation
Bok-Rae Kim, Seoul University
Foreign French-Japanese
investments in the years 1980-1990
Park Rang-Ri, Paris University
The internationalisation of the French
mechanics and public works firm,
Gouin-Batignolles, 1846-1914
Sanchez Esther, Université de Paris 4 The French firms and the Spanish
& Dipartimento de historia
economic development since the
economica, Centro de estudios
1950s
historicos, 6 Duque de Medinaceli,
28014 Madrid
Touchelay Béatrice, Paris-Créteil
The CNPF (National organisation of
University
French businessmen) between 1946
and 1962 : a brake or a motor to the
internationalisation of French
enterprises ?
19. Internationalised banking up to World War II
D’Alessandro Michele, Terni
University
Managing multinational banking
networks. The case of two leading
Italian banks (Banca commerciale
italiana & Credito Italiano) in the
1910s-1930s
Brambilla Carlo, Milano University
Italian multinational banking : Banca
Commerciale Italiana and Credito
Italiano between 1930s and 1940s
Ludlow Leonor, Mexico University
The internationalisation of Mexican
banking system at the end of the 19th
century : the case of Banco National
de Mexico (1880-1920)
Minoglou Ioanna, Athens University of The rise and fall of the merchant
bank Hambros in Greece (1864economics & business, 76 Patission
Street, Athènes 104-34 Grèce
1940) : mercantile capital and
internationalisation
20. Internationalised banking since World War II
Battilossi Stephano, European
University Institute
Knutsen Sverre, associate professor,
Norwegian school of management,
Sandvika, Norway
International banking in the 19601970s : a continental way ?
The internationalisation of Norwegian
banks, 1960-1995
Tzeng Ruey-ling, Intitute of European Dutch multinational banking in
& American Studies, Academia
Taïwan
Sinica, Taiwan
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21. Foreign investments in utilities and infrastructures
[president : Andrea Guintini, Firenze University]
Berthonnet Arnaud, Paris University
Doria Marco & Hertner Peter (Halle
University)
Fernandez Alexandre, Bordeaux
University
Ferreira da Silva Alvaro, Lisbon
University
Mates Barco Juan Manuel, Jaen
University, Spain
French road companies in the
internationalisation of markets (from
1945)
Urban infrastructure, foreign capital
and foreign technology : Genoa and
Barcelona in a comparative
perspective from the 1880s until the
First World War
The French investments in utilities in
Spain
Water supply as a global business in
the 19th century : from Lisbon to
Southern Europa (1850-1915)
Strategies of foreign firms and the
sector of water supply in Spain
(1850-1990)
22. Big business & internationalisation
Carreras Albert & Tafunell Xavier
(Barcelona University)
Cassis Youssef (Grenoble University)
Colli Andrea, Milano Bocconi
University
Wardley Peter, University of Bristol
(UK)
International competitiveness of
Spanish big firms : the long view
Lessons from France, Germany &
Great Britain about internationalised
big business
‘Pocket multinationals’ : some
reflections on ‘new’ actors in Italian
industrial capitalism
The emergence of large corporations
in the first half of the 20th century
23. The internationalisation of French big firms
Barjot Dominique, Paris Sorbonne
University
The successful internationalisation of
French cement firm Lafarge, 19451974
Daviet Jean-Pierre, Caen University
The international policy of SaintGobain
The French gas firm Air Liquide in
Japan, 1907-2000
Hara Terushi, Waseda University of
Tokyo
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24. Chemical & pharmaceutical firms on international markets
Chauveau Sophie, Arras University
Corley Peter, Reading University, UK
Hilger Susanne, University of
Erlangen-Nürnberg
Internationalisation as a challenge : a
study of French pharmaceutical
industry since Second World War
Steps towards globalisation in the
world pharmaceutical industry :
SmithKline Beecham, 1989-1999
Tendencies of internationalisation in
the German consumer chemical
industries since the Second World
War : the case of the Henkel group