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The visible hand: the managerial revolution in American business

Alfred D. Chandler
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Introduction: The Visible Hand (page 1)
  • Part I The Traditional Processes of Production and Distribution (page 13)
  • Chapter 1 The Traditional Enterprise in Commerce (page 15)
  • Chapter 2 The Traditional Enterprise in Production (page 50)
  • Part II The Revolution in Transportation and Communication (page 79)
  • Chapter 3 The Railroads: The First Modern Business Enterprises, 1850's-1860's (page 81)
  • Chapter 4 Railroad Cooperation and Competition, 1870s-1880s (page 122)
  • Chapter 5 System Building, 1880s-1900s (page 145)
  • Chapter 6 Completing the Infrastructure (page 188)
  • Part III The Revolution in Distribution and Production (page 207)
  • Chapter 7 Mass Distribution (page 209)
  • Chapter 8 Mass Production (page 240)
  • Part IV The Integration of Mass Production with Mass Distribution (page 285)
  • Chapter 9 The Coming of the Modern Industrial Corporation (page 287)
  • Chapter 10 Integration by Way of Merger (page 315)
  • Chapter 11 Integration Completed (page 345)
  • Part V The Management and Growth of Modern Industrial Empire (page 377-38)
  • Chapter 12 Middle Management (page 381)
  • Chapter 13 Top Management: Function and Structure (page 415)
  • Chapter 14 The Maturing of Modern Business Enterprise (page 455)
  • Conclusion: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (page 484)
  • Appendixes (page 503)
  • Notes (page 515)
  • Index (page 587)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CS 9.1 (Jan. 1980): 81-82 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198001%299%3A1%3C81%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U
APSR 73.2 (Jun. 1979): 580-581 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28197906%2973%3A2%3C580%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
JEL 17.1 (Mar. 1979): 93-96 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0515%28197903%2917%3A1%3C93%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
JAH 65.3 (Dec. 1978): 801-802 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28197812%2965%3A3%3C801%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
JEH 38.3 (Sep. 1978): 757-761 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28197809%2938%3A3%3C757%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M
AHR 83.3 (Jun. 1978): 816-817 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197806%2983%3A3%3C816%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
SC 200.4342 (May 1978): 640-642 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819780512%293%3A200%3A4342%3C640%3APTB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6
AER 58.5 (Dec. 1968): 1432-1433 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%28196812%2958%3A5%3C1432%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3
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Published: 1977
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674417687 (ebook)
  • 9780674940529 (paper)
  • 9780674940512 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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