Business History ( IF 0.800 ) Pub Date : 2022-03-03 , DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2021.2025219 Thomas David 1 , Pierre Eichenberger 2
Abstract
This article investigates the contribution of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), founded in Paris in 1920, to transnational business networks and communities. It is based on a prosopographic study of the 43 presidents of the ICC until 2000 and research in the archives of the ICC. Our results show that these men represented firms that were amongst the most powerful of their time. Furthermore, we show that the ICC presidents displayed heterogenous profiles, but spent an average of 10 years in the ICC before their election and remained active for many years after their tenure as president was over, allowing them to form a powerful transnational community. We investigate qualitatively the way the ICC presidents interacted to cement this transnational community. They met regularly over select events – such as the ‘diner des sages’ – and bonded over a common project: defending free trade and international business.
中文翻译:
“世界商业议会”?二十世纪的国际商会及其主席
摘要
本文调查了 1920 年成立于巴黎的国际商会 (ICC) 对跨国商业网络和社区的贡献。它基于对 2000 年之前 ICC 的 43 位主席的地相学研究和对 ICC 档案的研究。我们的结果表明,这些人代表的公司是他们那个时代最强大的公司之一。此外,我们表明,国际刑事法院总统表现出异质概况,但在ICC选举之前,平均在ICC上花费了10年的时间,并在任职期间担任总统结束后一直活跃了很多年,使他们能够形成一个强大的跨国社区。我们定性地调查了 ICC 主席为巩固这个跨国社区而互动的方式。他们定期在特定活动中会面——例如“diner des sages' – 并在一个共同项目上保持联系:捍卫自由贸易和国际商业。