The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business by Chandler, Alfred D.

The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

The role of large-scale business enterprise--big business and its managers--during the formative years of modern capitalism (from...
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Author: Alfred D. Chandler
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Language: English
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The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business by Chandler, Alfred D.

The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

$737.78

The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

$737.78
Author: Alfred D. Chandler
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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 in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., the distinguished business historian, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and the central sectors of production and distribution.

The managerial revolution, presented here with force and conviction, is the story of how the visible hand of management replaced what Adam Smith called the "invisible hand" of market forces. Chandler shows that the fundamental shift toward managers running large enterprises exerted a far greater influence in determining size and concentration in American industry than other factors so often cited as critical: the quality of entrepreneurship, the availability of capital, or public policy.

Author: Alfred D. Chandler
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 01/01/1993
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.26w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780674940529


Review Citation(s):
Harvard Business Review 07/01/2004 pg. 38

About the Author
Chandler, Alfred D.: - Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., was Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School.

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