The Hundred Largest Employers in the Russian Empire, circa 1913
分析了1913年俄罗斯帝国百大私营和国有雇主的名单,验证数据来源的有效性,探讨地理、行业分布和所有权结构,并与德国和英国比较,为研究大企业崛起提供非西欧视角的数据集。
The article analyzes a list of the hundred largest private and state-owned employers in the Russian Empire in 1913. It explains the validity of sources underlying the data and contributes to the methodological debates concerning the interpretation of such lists. It examines the geographical and sectoral distribution as well as the ownership structure of the largest Russian employers in a comparative context, using lists from Germany and the United Kingdom. The annexed list contributes to a more representative dataset of large firms beyond western Europe and therefore adds to the discussion on the rise of big business.