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Big Business and the Wealth of Nations
Alfred D. Chandler
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Description for Big Business and the Wealth of Nations
Paperback. Written in non-technical terms, this book explains how the dynamics of big business have influenced national and international economies. Editor(s): Chandler, Alfred Dupont, Jr.; Amatori, Franco; Hikino, Takashi. Num Pages: 612 pages, 6 line drawings, 71 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 792.
Written in non-technical terms, this book explains how the dynamics of big business have influenced national and international economies. A path-breaking study, it provides the first systematic treatment of big business in advanced, emerging, and centrally-planned economies from the late nineteenth century, when big businesses first appeared in American and West European manufacturing, to the present. Large industrial enterprises play a vital role in developing new technologies and commercializing new products in all of the major countries. How such firms emerged and evolved in different economic, political, and social settings constitutes a significant part of twentieth-century world history. This historical ... Read more
Written in non-technical terms, this book explains how the dynamics of big business have influenced national and international economies. A path-breaking study, it provides the first systematic treatment of big business in advanced, emerging, and centrally-planned economies from the late nineteenth century, when big businesses first appeared in American and West European manufacturing, to the present. Large industrial enterprises play a vital role in developing new technologies and commercializing new products in all of the major countries. How such firms emerged and evolved in different economic, political, and social settings constitutes a significant part of twentieth-century world history. This historical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
Number of Pages
612
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521663472
SKU
V9780521663472
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Big Business and the Wealth of Nations
'… offers and intriguing perspective on the development and impact of big business on the modern world'. Law Society Journal 'This is an extremely important book that … can be highly recommended as an admirable text for students in courses on business history, and as a guide to the state of play in a number of important debates for the ... Read more