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André Oscar Wallenberg founded Stockholms Enskilda Bank, which has become one of Sweden s major banks, in the mid 19th century. After a banking crisis in 1878 79, two of his sons, Knut and Marcus Sr, managed to restore the family s sphere. When other banks and investment companies had been seriously hit by two world wars and the intervening collapse of Ivar Kreuger s enterprises, the Wallenbergs were best fitted for the prosperous post-war era. They soon dominated Sweden s financial world as well as its expanding export industry.<br/><br/>In <i>Wallenberg The Family that Shaped Sweden s Economy</i>, Gunnar Wetterberg traces the history of an outstanding Swedish family. He tells of political complications and financial brainwaves and presents the family s leading men and their feuds. Wetterberg relates the history of the Wallenbergs as a financial dynasty, intertwined with Sweden s development into a modern industrial nation. In no other country has a single family had such a strong and multi-facetted position for so many years.<br/><br/>Gunnar Wetterberg, born 1953, is a historian and author, initially a diplomat. Besides heading the 1992 and 1995 Medium-term Surveys at Sweden s Finance Ministry, he has been a director of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Head of the Research &amp; Policy Department at the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations. He was awarded the Duke Charles Prize for his biography of the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna (1583 1654) and the Kunskaps Prize for erudition in 2008. He holds an honorary doctorate at the Arts Faculty of Lund University and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Boken publicerar ny statistik över det svenska monetära systemets framväxt från medeltiden till idag, med fokus på växelkurser, konsumentpriser och löner. Forskare från Göteborg, Lund och Stockholm diskuterar resultaten i tio kapitel. I boken presenteras ett konsumentprisindex för Sveriges som går tillbaka till 1290. Indexet visar att den genomsnittliga inflationen under perioden 1290-2008 var 2,5 procent per år, vilket ligger förvånansvärt nära Riksbankens nuvarande inflationsmål på två procent. Det århundrade som upplevde högst inflationstakt var 1500-talet, följt av 1900-talet. Reallönen för arbetare var högre i slutet av medeltiden än mitten av 1800-talet. Sedan dess har dock reallönerna stigit mer eller mindre kontinuerligt. Den kraftigaste ökningen ägde rum efter det första världskriget, som en följd av arbetstidsförkortningen. Det sista kapitlet presenterar industrilöner för män och kvinnor. Sedan 1800-talet har lönegapet mellan könen minskat, men från slutet av 1970-talet har skillnaden varit stabil. Boken är en del av ett mer omfattande projekt, som tidigare resulterat i en databas över historisk monetär statistik som finns på Riksbankens hemsida. En andra del beräknas komma ut inom två år. Den kommer att behandla statsskuld, penningmängd, aktieavkastning och ränteutveckling under motsvarande tidsperiod. I framtiden kommer även historiska serier över Riksbankens räkenskaper, fastighetspriser och banksektorn att publiceras.

My Three Lives - About Enterprise, Engagement And Corrupt Legal Practice [Bok / Inbunden]

Elling Ellingsen (1942-2015) was by many seen as the epitome of a real shipping entrepreneur, who started his career at sea, went ashore and embarked on a path of business development. The core area for Elling was the maritime transport and handling of forest products, but he was also involved in passenger ferries, oil tankers, dry cargo ships as well as road haulage, terminals and wastepaper handling.<br/><br/>The book follows Elling, the individual entrepreneur, and describes the vicissitudes of his entrepreneurship, deal by deal, ship by ship, innovation by innovation. It argues that Elling's entrepreneurship was mediated by relationships to business, partners, shippers, shipyards, brokers, seamen and financiers, and their particular relationship dynamics. The book also contextualises the period in which Elling was active, from its start in the optimistic frenzy preceding the 1973 oil crisis until the depression after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and all that came in between with market booms and busts.<br/><br/>This is a book about entrepreneurship, success, collapse and an incredible drive to come back.

An engrossing study of seven of history's greatest golden ages, exploring what set them apart and what we can learn from them today.

I augusti 2019 är det 100 år sedan Electrolux grundades av den mytomspunne affärsmannen Axel Wenner-Gren. Sedan dess har företaget utvecklats till en internationell koncern ledande inom sitt område. Detta kommer Electrolux att uppmärksamma med en praktfull bok om företagets långa historia: Shape living for the better: The first 100 years of Electrolux . Boken, som spänner över nästan 400 sidor och omfattar runt 300 bilder, är skriven av författaren, journalisten och företagsanalytikern Ronald Fagerfjäll. Han berättar historien om hur företaget grundades och har utvecklats under 100 år, och dessutom satt företagets utveckling i ett politiskt och nationalekonomiskt sammanhang.

I am a wealthy man but seldom have any cash. I have developed the international corporation Elekta thatmanufactures radiation therapy instruments for cancertreatment. However, my mother, three of her siblings, mypaternal and maternal grandfathers, and one of my cousinsall died from the disease. I have also been affected by it.I have spent a night in a cell in the drunk-tank, after a night on the town.I had marriage counseling by an Indian guru.My mother was born in Lenin s prison.My father was a famous neurosurgeon, scholar and inventor.One of my sons started a bus company in Nigeria.With my first student loan I bought art but turned downthe offer to buy a painting that today would fetch 30 MUSD(200 300 million Swedish crowns).I see myself as a shy person, with a slight fear of conflicts.I am not very competitive.I ve seen my photograph printed upside-down on the coverof a Swedish business magazine.I know what it is like to be on the brink of bankruptcy, but alsowhat it feels like to be a success story. Larry Leksell