Historical Data Visualization
Data & Sources
World Bank, World Development Indicators database
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook
National Center of Education Statistics, National Assessment of Adult Literacy, accessed April 23, 2013
UNESCO, “Progress of Literacy in Various Countries, a Preliminary Statistical Study of Available Census Data since 1900,” (1953), accessed April 22, 2013
UNESCO “World Illiteracy at Mid-Century,” (1957), accessed April 21, 2013
UNESCO, Compendium of statistics on illiteracy, various editions
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), p. 98-99, map.
A.M. Colpan and G. Jones, “Vehbi Koc and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B),” Harvard Business School Case, January 22, 2014, p. 6
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Yearbook of Food and Agricultural Statistics, various years
Institut International d’Agriculture, Annuaire International de Statistique Agricole, various years
“A Truly Global Firm,” BCG website
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
The World Bank, “Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers (per 100 People)”
Carrefour Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
“Carrefour Exits Japan and Mexico,” BBC News, 10 March 2005
“Retailer Carrefour to Sell Stake in Greek Joint Venture,” BBC News, 15 June 2012
“About Carrefour”
Carrefour Romania
Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company, Heritage Communications
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Yearbook of Food and Agricultural Statistics, various years
Institut International d’Agriculture, Annuaire International de Statistique Agricole, various years.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Coffee (New York: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, 1947), pp. 16-17, map.
J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), p. 86-87, map.
J.G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), p. 22-23, map.
T. T. Connors, An Examination of the International Flow of Crude Oil, with Special Reference to the Middle East (October 1969), p. 52, Fig. 3
A. C. Hardy, Oil Ships and Sea Transport (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1931), opp. p. 8, map.
U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office, Table of Distances Between Ports (Washington: GPO, 1942), opp. p. 4, map.
M. Wilkins, & F.R. Hill, American Business Abroad: Ford on Six Continents, Cambridge University Press, June 2011.
Ford Motor Company Annual Reports, various years
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries, various editions
OneSource database
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
United States Census Bureau, Decennial Census, various years
Factiva; accessed 9/5/2013
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
J. Connolly, History of Computing in Europe, 1967
IBM Annual Reports, various years
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries, various editions
OneSource
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
The World Bank, “Life Expectancy at Birth, Total (Years)”
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
Universal Postal Union
McDonald’s; PR Newswire
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United States Census Bureau, Decennial Census, various years
G. Harlaftis, A History of Greek-Owned Shipping: The Making of an International Tramp Fleet, 1830 to Present Day, London, Routledge, 1996
The World Bank, “Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (per 100 People)”
Geoffrey Jones, "The Growth Opportunity that Lies Next Door," Harvard Business Review 90 (July/August 2012): 141-45
Natura Annual Reports, 2007-2013
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
United Nations, International Trade Statistics, various years
The World Bank, “Population Density (People per sq. km. of Land Area)”
The World Bank, “Population Growth (Annual %)”
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
A.N. Porter, Atlas of British Overseas Expansion. Simon & Schuster, 1991
Geoffrey Barradough, The Times Atlas of World History. Times Books, 1997
J.F. Horrabin, Atlas of European History. A.A. Knopf, 1935
Martin Gilbert, Atlas of Russian History. Dorest Press, 1972
H. Kinder, The Anchor Atlas of World History, vol. 2. Doubleday-Anchor, 1978
Jan Luiten van Zanden, A History of Royal Dutch Shell, vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 1.3.1-1.3.3
Royal Dutch Shell, Annual Report, various years
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office, Table of Distances Between Ports (Washington: GPO, 1942), opp. p. 4, map.
Andrew Godley, “Selling the Sewing Machine Around the World: Singer’s International Marketing Strategies, 1850-1920,” Enterprise & Society, 2006, pp. 266-314. Available at SSRN
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
Wayne E. Butterbaugh and Charles E. Wymond, Atlas of Traffic Maps (Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, 1924), map no. 6.
Tata Consultancy Services
Taj Group
Tata International
Tata Motors
Tata Steel
Tata Global Beverages
Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu, “House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint,” HBS Case, 2009
Tata Archives
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), pp. 30-31, map.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Federal Communications Commission
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook
Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census. Lewiston: St. David’s University Press, 1987
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
“Our Businesses,” Tesco website
Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016
OECD iLibrary database
International Labour Organization, “UNIONS 2011: Trade Union Membership Statistics Database”
David G. Blanchflower, “A Cross-Country Study of Union Membership,” Discussion Paper Series IZA DP No. 2016, Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2006, accessed June 5, 2013
Jelle Visser, “ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts in 34 countries between 1960 and 2007,” Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), Version 3 - May 2011, accessed June 5, 2013
Carsten Strøby Jensen, “Trade Unionism: Differences and Similarities - A Comparative View on Europe, USA and Asia,” paper presented at IIRA-congress, June 2004, Seoul
Alejandro Donado and Klaus Walde, “How Trade Unions Increase Welfare,” The Economic Journal, 122 (September), 990-1009
G.S. Bain and R. Price, Profiles of Union Growth: A Comparative Statistical Portrait of Eight Countries. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1980
R. Freeman, “Spurts in Union Growth: Defining Moments and Social Processes,” in M. Bordo, C. Goldin, and E. N. White, eds., The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998, pp. 265-96
J. Visser, European Trade Unions in Figures. Deventer and Boston: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1989
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
B.R. Mitchell, International Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-2005. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007
Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU Country Data database, accessed April 23, 2013
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics database
U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
United States Census Bureau, Decennial Census, various years
DePaul University, http://condor.depaul.edu/tps/International_Suffrage_Timeline.htm [Link no longer available]
World Trade Organization, “Members and Observers”