Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674789954 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 780 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the U.S., 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.. Scale and Scope is Alfred Chandler's first major work since his Pulitzer prize-winning The Visible Hand
. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., was Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School
Weisberger Washington Post Book World)A major monument to our increasingly successful quest to understand and interpret the modern industrial world. Serious students of the worldwide industrialization that occurred in the century between the 1870s and the 1970s are indebted to Mr. (Aubrey Silberston Times Literary Supplement) . Chandler Jr. Chandler compares and contrasts the growth of the 200 largest companies in each of three industrial powerhousesthe U.S., Britain, and Germanyfrom the 1880s through the 1940s, searching for the common characteristics of successful corporationsThe book speaks to all the major debates swirling around Corporate Americaincluding those over shareholder value, mergers and acquisitions, and global competitiveness. But all future work on the process of successful industrial development must necessarily have reference to his outstanding research and writing. It trac
nice goods. Thanks Whitesheep Prompt delivery, nice goods. Thanks.. Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism Based on an examination of 600 companies in Britain, Germany, and the United States, this economic history explains the emergence and development of large industrial enterprises from the late 19th century until World War II. The book also shows how differences in geography, demographics, and institutions influenced the development of industrial enterprises in these three countries.Author Alfred Chandler, who won a Pulitzer prize for a previous book in this field, argues t