Author:
Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007.
Imprint:Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1988.
Descriptionvi, 538 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:Henry Varnum Poor: business analyst. - The beginnings of "big business" in American industry. - Development, diversification and decentralization. - Recent developments in American business administration and their conceptualization. - Introduction to Strategy and Structure. - The railroads: pioneers in modern corporate management. - The organization of manufacturing and transportation. - The large industrial corporation and the making of the modern American economy. - The structure of American industry in the twentieth century: a historical overview. - Comment [on the new economic history]. - Business history as institutional history. - Anthracite coal and the beginnings of the industrial revolution in the United States. - Decision making and modern institutional change. - The development of modern management structure in the U S and U K. - Introduction to The Visible Hand. - Administrative coordination, allocation and monitoring: concepts and comparisons. - Government versus business: an American phenomenon. - Markets and hierarchies: a discussion. - Introduction to Scale and Scope.
Bibliography Note:"A list of Chandler's publications": p. 505-517.
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