@article{888057,
      recid = {888057},
      author = {Bertrams, Kenneth. and Coupain, Nicolas, and Homburg,  Ernst,},
      title = {Solvay: history of a multinational family firm /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xvii, 630 p. :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"Ernest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the  world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a  profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a  handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the  Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other  chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its  emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership  in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly  book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of  the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the  world's twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one  of the largest companies in the field to preserve its  family character. The authors analyze the company's  150-year history (1863-2013) from economic, political and  social perspectives, showing the enormous impact  geopolitical events had on the company and the recent  consequences of global competition"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/888057},
}