Full name: Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

Author: Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Economics, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780674789951 0674789954

Scale and Scope is Alfred Chandler's first major work since his Pulitzer prize-winning The Visible Hand. Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the US, Germany, and Great Britain, tracing the evolution of large firms into multinational giants and orienting the late 20th century's most important developments. Similar books: Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Z. Muller Slapped by the Invisible Hand by Gary B. Gorton The Gifts of Athena by Joel Mokyr The Early Growth of European Economy by Georges Duby A Nation of Deadbeats by Scott Reynolds Nelson Against the Dead Hand by Brink Lindsey The Visible Hand by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty The Transformation of the World by Jurgen Osterhammel Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly Theory and History by Ludwig von Mises A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith The Noblest Triumph by Tom Bethell Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser The Battle of Bretton Woods by Benn Steil Wedding of the Waters by Peter L. Bernstein Medieval Cities by Henri Pirenne The Origin of Financial Crises by George Cooper