Changing Fortunes
Remaking the Industrial Corporation
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2002
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-471-38481-6 (ISBN)
Description
One of the first books to address the role large corporations will play in the coming century
Over the last twenty-five years, an enormous change has occurred in the landscape of business-the rise and decline of the industrial corporation. Changing Fortunes examines this evolution and looks ahead to what it means for owners, managers, employees, and the public. A well-written business history from a rising star at Harvard Business School and two business historians, this book portrays the dramatic shifts in strategy that America's biggest companies (i.e., GE, IBM) underwent in moving from an industrial to a postindustrial economy. It also offers a forward look at their place in a changing economy.
Over the last twenty-five years, an enormous change has occurred in the landscape of business-the rise and decline of the industrial corporation. Changing Fortunes examines this evolution and looks ahead to what it means for owners, managers, employees, and the public. A well-written business history from a rising star at Harvard Business School and two business historians, this book portrays the dramatic shifts in strategy that America's biggest companies (i.e., GE, IBM) underwent in moving from an industrial to a postindustrial economy. It also offers a forward look at their place in a changing economy.
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
589 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-38481-6 (9780471384816)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
NITIN NOHRIA is Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Organizational Behavior Department at Harvard Business School. He is the author of The Differentiated Network, winner of the Academy of Management's Best Book Award.
DAVIS DYER is a founding director of The Winthrop Group, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm specializing in business and technology history, and a faculty member at Monitor University, part of the Monitor Group. His most recent book is (with Daniel Gross) The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation (2001).
FREDERICK DALZELL is a senior consultant with The Winthrop Group. He holds a PhD in American Civilization from Harvard University and is coauthor of a forthcoming study of Procter & Gamble.
DAVIS DYER is a founding director of The Winthrop Group, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm specializing in business and technology history, and a faculty member at Monitor University, part of the Monitor Group. His most recent book is (with Daniel Gross) The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation (2001).
FREDERICK DALZELL is a senior consultant with The Winthrop Group. He holds a PhD in American Civilization from Harvard University and is coauthor of a forthcoming study of Procter & Gamble.
Content
Preface.
The Ordeal of the Industrial Economy.
Passages and Patterns.
Strategy: Coping with the End of Growth.
Structure: Crumbling Walls.
Systems: Intelligence Unbound.
Governance: The Tighter Leash.
Fraying Loyalties.
The Churning Mix: The Changing Nature of the Largest American Companies.
The Industrial Corporation in a Post-Industrial Age.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Index.
The Ordeal of the Industrial Economy.
Passages and Patterns.
Strategy: Coping with the End of Growth.
Structure: Crumbling Walls.
Systems: Intelligence Unbound.
Governance: The Tighter Leash.
Fraying Loyalties.
The Churning Mix: The Changing Nature of the Largest American Companies.
The Industrial Corporation in a Post-Industrial Age.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Index.