Goran B. Nilsson, The Founder, Andre Oscar Wallenberg (1816-1886): Swedish Banker, Politician and Journalist, trans. Michael F. Metcalf (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2005, 445 pp. £38.99)

摘要

The Wallenberg family, whose financial group at the end of the 1990s controlled almost 40 per cent of the shares of companies quoted on the Swedish stock exchange, is today considered to be one of the most powerful and wealthy business dynasties in Europe. This reputation, combined with the exceptional longevity of the family enterprise, which has managed to sustain its position and to thrive over five generations, was bound to interest researchers in a country in which access to business archives has allowed for the existence of a very solid and dynamic business history.