TY - BOOK ID - 138678324 TI - The Business of Time : A Global History of the Watch Industry. PY - 2022 SN - 9781526162588 PB - Manchester : Manchester University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Clock and watch industry KW - Clock and watch makers KW - History. KW - Asia. KW - Clocks and watches. KW - Competitive advantage. KW - Emerging countries. KW - Globalisation. KW - Industrial policy. KW - Luxury. KW - Made in Switzerland. KW - Mass production. KW - Technology transfer. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138678324 AB - This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. In so doing, it sheds new light on the way the global economy became established. ER -