The Visible hand
About this book
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 for the first time in this pathmarking book. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the distinguished historian of business, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communication and the central sectors of production and distribution.
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- OL16027127W
Subjects
IndustriesÉtatsHistoireOrganisation, contrôleUnisEtatsGestion d'entrepriseIndustrieCapitalismUnited states, economic conditions, 1865-1918United states, economic conditions, 1918-1945Big businessIndustryIndustrial organizationHistoryIndustrial managementOrganization and AdministrationOrganisation et administration