The essential Alfred Chandler : essays toward a historical theory of big business

Author(s)

• Chandler, Alfred Dupont
• McCraw, Thomas K.

Bibliographic Information

The essential Alfred Chandler : essays toward a historical theory of big business

edited and with an introduction by Thomas K. McCraw

Harvard Business School Press, [1991], c1988

Note

"A hardcover edition of this book was published by Harvard Business School Press in 1988" -- CIP Data, t.p. verso

"A list of Chandler's publications": p. 505-517

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In four decades of scholarship, Alfred Chandler has established himself as the acknowledged dean of business historians. Now available in paperback, this collection reveals the evolution of Chandler's theory and the enormous contribution that he has made to the field. Included are sixteen essays, as well as the table of contents and introductions to his three major books on business history: Strategy and Structure, The Visible Hand, and Scale and Scope. McCraw provides a capsule intellectual biography of Chandler, as well an introduction to each essay.

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Details

• NCID: BA13826120
• ISBN:
  • 0875843069
• LCCN: 91008270
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 538 p., [14] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD2785
  • DC19 : 338.6/44/0973
  • NDC7 : 335.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Big business -- United States -- History -- Collected works
  • LCSH : Industrial management -- United States -- History -- Collected works