References for Erasmus students:
- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, New York, Belknap Press, 2005, ISBN-10: 0674022343.
- Franco Amatori and Andrea Colli, Business History. Complexities and Comparisons, Routledge, 2011, parts I-II-III-IV, ISBN 9780415423977.
Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Business History, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780199263684.