Alfred D. Chandler Jr. - Publications - Faculty & Research

The Visible Hand of History

As the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar at HBS in 2018, I was curious to learn more about the way business history is... View Details

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Track James McNerney Jr. Chairman, President, & CEO, The Boeing Company The Rankings Game You have to know how it’s played to make sense of how leading publications evaluate business schools Local Hero Rescued and revived by president and... View Details

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Harvard Business School Archives | Baker Library

Forms Archives and Records Management Services Harvard Business School Archives Use Agreement Digital HBS Resources Highlights Alfred D. Chandler Papers Professor View Details

Uncovering the roots of innovation

As the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School in 2023, I had the unique opportunity to delve into the... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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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 Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to... View Details

Keywords: Information

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

global world will be at an advantage in gaining leadership positions. What Is The Legacy Of Alfred Chandler? Remembering Alfred Chandler Alfred... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

railroads with which the Nashua and Lowell had dealings. Alfred D. Chandler Papers The collection provides a comprehensive view of historian View Details

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

Company Records Administrative material, financial records, correspondence, and labor and production records of the Waltham-based textile firm founded in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1813. Alfred D. View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Leemore S. Dafny : Selected as the 14th Annual Seidman Lecturer by the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Regina E. Herzlinger : Named one of the 40 Smartest People in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2014. Regina E. Herzlinger :... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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In Brief

New Alumni Board President; Chandler Jr. Remembered; Spring Reunions; Am Ex’s Chenault; Where Are They Now?; of Note; Alumni Bookshelf; The Scene Ideas Faculty Q&A with D.... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

How important were they compared with governments and other institutional actors in building global capitalism? Were they followers of fashions and trends, or creators of them? Could they dictate to consumers and governments? Or were they dictated to? MNEs have been... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

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. Chandler... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

1985
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions

By: A. D. Chandler Jr. and R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles

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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 Alfred D. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

Cash, Jr. Professional Achievement Award: Raymond J. McGuire (MBA 1983/JD 1984), managing director, Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Morgan Stanley This year’s conference — named for one of the School’s first African-American alumni —... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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

01 Sep 2009
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Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

impersonal forces and events. Indeed, in the field of business history, it was HBS professor Alfred Chandler who shifted the focus of scholars and others away from individual heroic entrepreneurs toward a... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

14 Nov 2019
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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