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The City as a Business: Gas and Business in the Spanish Region of Galicia, 1850–1936
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)[Abstract] The history of town gas is unique in the development of public services in urban areas. Indeed, gas was the subject of the first network infrastructure set up in cities. In Spain, its history is discontinuous ... -
The emergence of financial capital in the health insurance business in Europe: The case of Spain in the last fifty years
(Cambridge University Press, 2024)[Abstract]: Sickness insurance companies were developed in Spain by doctors and healthcare professionals, remaining outside the interests of general insurance companies. Their management was hardly professional, with ... -
The gas companies in Spain, a long-run approach (1842-2018)
(Francis & Taylor/Routledge, 2022)[Abstract]: The article aims to analyse the evolution of gas companies in Spain from their starting point in the middle of the nineteenth century (when the business was limited to public lighting), up until the complexity ... -
The genesis, growth and organisational changes of private health insurance companies in Spain (1915-2015)
(Francis & Taylor/Routledge, 2019)[Abstract]: The crisis of welfare states in Europe has offered a growing market share to private health insurance companies. Health insurance is currently one of the fastest growing branches of private insurance business ... -
The historical roots of the creation of the Catalan privatepublic hospital model: c. 1870-1935
(2021)[Abstract]: This paper analyses the roots of the creation of the Catalan hospital model, based on a preponderance of privately owned hospitals and beds over those of public provision. In particular, on the basis of ... -
The introduction of sickness insurance in Spain in the first decades of the Franco dictatorship (1939-1962)
(Oxford, 2013-10)[Abstract:]Using new statistical data on financing, coverage and economic and health care provisions, this article analyses how sickness insurance was introduced, managed and extended in Spain, under the Franco dictatorship, ... -
The labour market under the iron fist of the state’: the Franco dictatorship in the mirror of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-05)[Abstract] This article focuses on the idea that intervention in the labour market through the suspension of labour rights and freedoms, fear and a fall in purchasing power all played a key role in achieving political ... -
The long shadow of charity in the Spanish hospital system, c. 1870-1942
(Francis & Taylor/Routledge, 2019)[Abstract]: One of the key historical changes related to the increase in overall welfare for the population of Europe was the provision of sickness coverage. Public and private hospital charity was focused almost exclusively ... -
The penetration of financial capital and the growth of private hospital groups in Europe: the case of Spain (1975-2022)
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)[Abstract] From the last decades of the twentieth century, above all, in the more service-oriented post-industrial economies, and in a context of debilitation of public health systems, health care became exponentially ... -
The tourism economy in Spain, 1900-1939: new sources, new methodologies and new results
(Francis & Taylor/Routledge, 2018)[Abstract]: This paper explores the economic dimension of Spain's tourism resources during the first third of the twentieth century using new quantitative and qualitative evidence. With this aim firstly critically analyses ... -
El trabajo como pieza clave del puzle de la economía española: algunas reflexiones desde la historia económica (1939-2016)
(Fundación 1º de Mayo, 2017)[Resumen]: Partiendo de principios básicos de la teoría económica, el texto utiliza como hilo conductor el comportamiento de los salarios en la economía española desde la Guerra Civil con dos objetivos principales. Primero, ... -
Tradition and change in southern Europe urbanization
(Economic and Business Historical Society, 2006)The paper aims to compare the paths followed by the Spanish towns and cities during the inter-war period. The starting point is the belief that during this period they underwent a dynamic stage, which was the prelude of ... -
La transferencia de tecnología en la Europa Latina: el papel de la Société Technique de l’Industrie du Gaz en France, 1895-1938
(CSIC, 2021)[Resumen]: Francia, junto con Gran Bretaña, fue el país líder en el nacimiento y consolidación de la industria del gas. Desde mediados del siglo XIX este país desempeñó un papel clave en la difusión de la tecnología de ... -
"Trato, sociedad y compañía" en la comarca de Ferrol, 1750-1849
(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2022)[Resumen]: El artículo persigue cuantificar y evaluar el impacto de la creación de la factoría naval ferrolana a través del estudio de la formación de compañías mercantiles en la comarca entre mediados del siglo XVIII y ... -
Unha aproximación á emigración na bisbarra de Bergantiños a mediados do século XIX
(Arquivo da Emigración Galega, 2002)[Resumo] Este traballo analiza as características da emigración na zona de Bergantiños durante o terceiro cuarto do século XIX. Nesta emigración primeiramente salienta a súa precocidade; en segundo lugar, o seu carácter ... -
La última iniciativa francesa en los ferrocarriles españoles: la Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Estratégicos y Secundarios de Alicante, 1910-1920
(2009)[Resumen]: La inversión extranjera jugó un papel relevante en la economía española, en especial durante el período 1850-1914. El sector en el que, sin duda, este rol resultó más signifi cativo fue el ferroviario. El grueso ... -
La vocation d'un Holding belge de tramways: la Mutuelle de Tramways, 1895-1918
(Institut des Sciences Mathematiques et Economiques Appliquees, 2008)