Business History Complexities and Comparison Book

Question 1

America’s pre-eminent business historian and what was the situation like before his arrival around business history?

Answer 1

Alfred Chandler.
the bulk of business histories were morality plays that portrayed executives as heroic or damnable. He helped redirect the field toward dispassionate analysis of the anatomy of business. He emphasized the transformative power of technology as railroads and the telegraph spawned big business.

Question 2

A new subspecies of economics man?

Answer 2

Coined by Alfred Chandler and referred to as the ‘salary manager’.

Question 3

The pioneering sociologist of bureaucracy?

Answer 3

Max Webber

Question 4

The prominent student of entrepreneurship?

Answer 4

Joseph Schumpeter

Question 5

When were the three industrial revolutions?

Answer 5

The Industrial Revolution (c 1750-1815)
The Second Industrial Revolution (c. 1870-1914)
The Third Industrial Revolution (c. 1973 -