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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
during the 1950s, Chandler assisted Alfred P. Sloan Jr. with his famous autobiography, My Years with General Motors. In 1963, Chandler became... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
became an epic story because some national industries died while others conquered.— Alfred D. Chandler The epic story also has its heroic achievements. The worldwide triumph of... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
writing history without an explicit conceptual framework," begins one review. On several occasions I took historians, visiting the United States from abroad, to meet Al. They were recipients of the Alfred View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
In a recently published book on current international research in business history, edited by Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, HBS professor emeritus Alfred D.... View Details
- Awards
Alfred D. Chandler Travel Fellowship
Recipient of a 2015 Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Travel Grant for the Business History Conference. View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
pharmaceutical companies in 1984, American Home Products ranked first in sales and twenty-eighth in R&D expenditures as a percentage of sales.23 As the historian Williams Haynes noted, by the end of the 1930s, American Home Products... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Leviathans Multinational Corporations and the New Global History edited by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and Bruce... View Details
- Article
Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement
Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting
McCraw, T. K. "Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement." Business History Review 82, no. 4 (Winter 2008).
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Chandler Donates Papers to Baker Library
CHANDLER: The historian's papers find a fitting home. Alfred D. Chandler Jr., the School’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, is known for his sweeping volumes chronicling the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
Edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and James W. Cortada (Oxford University Press) In their new book, A Nation Transformed by Information: How... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival of Professor Alfred View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 2010
- Article
Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von großen westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008)
"Between Family Heritage and Global Market. Changes in Ownership and Management of Large West-German Family Firms (1960-2008)" Large family firms fall between two theoretical accounts. They neither follow the development path described by Alfred D. Chandler nor do they... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
diversified business group, comprising over one hundred individual companies, employing over 90,000 people, and the only Turkish business to enter the Fortune 500 venture. I and my co-author Asli Colpan, who now teaches at the University of Kyoto and was previously an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Paulo Lemann Professor; Erica Salvaj, Alfred D. Chandler Fellow in Business History; and doctoral student Cheng Gao. Sean Silverthorne: Now that you’ve reached the 100th... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
in production and economies of scope in distribution. In some industries, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" was gradually tamed by what the historian Alfred D. View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
with the unsexy title, A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present. Co-edited by HBS professor emeritus View Details
- Web
Fellowships - Business History
Cambridge, 2014 McCraw Fellow The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program The View Details
- Web
Positions - Faculty & Research
applicants for positions starting July 2026 should check back again at a later date. Other Positions Business History Group - Fellowships Alfred D. Chandler View Details
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
1912–1967 Amos L. Beaty Texaco, 1920–1926 Howard O. Beaver, Jr. Carpenter Technology Corporation, 1971–1983 Hans W. Becherer Deere & Company, 1989–2000 Stephen D. Bechtel Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
generosity of Catherine C. Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. (MBA 1971), and Margaret D. Carlson and LeRoy T. Carlson (MBA 1941). The senior LeRoy Carlson founded Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (TDS) in 1969... View Details