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Strategy and Structure

Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise

By: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

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Strategy and Structure

Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise

By: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

This book shows how the seventy largest corporations in America have dealt with a single economic problem: the effective administration of an expanding business. The author summarizes the history of the expansion of the nation's largest industries during the past hundred years and then examines in depth the modern decentralized corporate structure as it was developed independently by four companies—du Pont, General Motors, Standard Oil (New Jersey), and Sears, Roebuck. This 1990 reprint includes a new introduction by the author.

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MIT Press

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0262530090

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9780262530095

The Visible Hand

By: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.

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The Visible Hand

By: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.

The role of large-scale business enterprise—big business and its managers—during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s) is delineated in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., the distinguished business historian, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and the central sectors of production and distribution.

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Harvard University Press

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0674417682

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Scale and Scope

The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

By: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER,Takashi Hikino,Alfred D Chandler

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Scale and Scope

The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

By: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER,Takashi Hikino,Alfred D Chandler

Scale and Scope is Alfred Chandler's first major work since his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Visible Hand. Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, tracing the evolution of large firms into multinational giants and orienting the late twentieth century's most important developments. This edition includes the entire hardcover edition with the exception of the Appendix Tables.

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Harvard University Press

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0674029380

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9780674029385

Strategy and Structure

Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise

By: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

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Shaping the Industrial Century

The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of the Modern Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

By: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.

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Shaping the Industrial Century

The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of the Modern Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

By: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.

The dean of business historians continues his masterful chronicle of the transforming revolutions of the twentieth century begun in Inventing the Electronic Century. Alfred Chandler argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate strategies could firms remain successful over time. He details these processes for nearly every major chemical and pharmaceutical firm, demonstrating why some companies forged ahead while others failed. By the end of World War II, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries were transformed by the commercializing of new learning, the petrochemical and the antibiotic revolutions. But by the 1970s, chemical science was no longer providing the new learning necessary to commercialize more products, although new directions flourished in the pharmaceutical industries. In the 1980s, major drug companies, including Eli Lilly, Merck, and Schering Plough, commercialized the first biotechnology products, and as the twenty-first century began, the infrastructure of this biotechnology revolution was comparable to that of the second industrial revolution just before World War I and the information revolution of the 1960s. Shaping the Industrial Century is a major contribution to our understanding of the most dynamic industries of the modern era.

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Harvard University Press

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0674029372

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9780674029378

Inventing the Electronic Century

The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, with a new preface

By: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER,Takashi Hikino,Andrew Von Nordenflycht,Alfred D Chandler

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Inventing the Electronic Century

The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, with a new preface

By: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER,Takashi Hikino,Andrew Von Nordenflycht,Alfred D Chandler

Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., traces their origins and worldwide development. This masterful analysis is essential reading for every manager and student of technology.

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Harvard University Press

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0674029399

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9780674029392

The Visible Hand

By: Alfred Dupont Chandler

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By: Alfred Dupont Chandler

The role of large-scale business enterprise—big business and its managers—during the formative years of modern capitalism (1850s–1920s) is delineated in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and central sectors of production and distribution.

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0674940520

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Saving Capitalism From Short-Termism: How to Build Long-Term Value and Take Back Our Financial Future

By: Alfred Rappaport,John C. Bogle

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Saving Capitalism From Short-Termism: How to Build Long-Term Value and Take Back Our Financial Future

By: Alfred Rappaport,John C. Bogle

Conquering the obession with short-term profits is critical to the future of business, society, and capitalism itself—Alfred Rappaport presents a game plan every business leader should read “As Rappaport keeps on speaking out for the realities surrounding investment and speculation, our society will profit as it builds on his keen insights.” John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group (from the Foreword) About the Book: Alfred Rappaport, who first introduced the principles and practical application of "shareholder value" in his groundbreaking 1986 classic Creating Shareholder Value, reiterated the basic message in his 2006 Harvard Business Review article: Focusing on Wall Street quarterly earnings expectations rather than on creating long-term value is an invitation to disaster. Rappaport shows how deeply flawed short-term performance incentives for corporate and investment managers were an essential cause of the recent global financial crisis. In Saving Capitalism from Short-Termism, Rappaport examines the causes and consequences of “short-termism” and offers specific recommendations for how publicly traded companies and the investment management community can overcome it. Whether you're a corporate manager, money manager, public policymaker, business-school student, or simply concerned about your financial future, Saving Capitalism from Short-Termism provides valuable insights and practical ideas to change the course of your organization—and contribute to a healthier economy that benefits all.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071736379

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Scale and Scope

The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

By: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER,Takashi Hikino,Alfred D Chandler

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The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

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Shaping the Industrial Century

By: Alfred Dupont Chandler

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Shaping the Industrial Century

By: Alfred Dupont Chandler

The dean of business historians continues his masterful chronicle of the transforming revolutions of the twentieth century. He argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate strategies could firms remain successful over time. He details these processes for nearly every major chemical and pharmaceutical firm, demonstrating why some companies forged ahead while others failed.

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