Publication

1990 - M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

115,750 words, Guess

Page Count

463 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC658.4/021
  • LCCHD70.U5 C5 1990

Description

This book shows how large American corporations dealt with effectively administering 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. (back cover copy)

First Sentence

This investigation into the changing strategy and structure of the large industrial enterprise in the United States began as an experiment in the writing of comparative business history.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Strategy and structure: chapters in the history of the industrial enterpriseM.I.T. Press1990-01-01

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