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Narrating the rise of big business in the USA: how economists explain Standard Oil and Wal-Mart
Narrating the rise of big business in the USA: how economists explain Standard Oil and Wal-Mart
Author
Mayhew, Anne
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
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Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The agreed upon stories
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Standard Oil
Sam Walton and Wal-Mart
A preliminary comparison
3. Popular accounts and wider contexts
Rockefeller's context
Sam Walton's context
4. Economists, trusts, and big business
Theorizing the railroads
The challenge of the trusts
An associationist detour
The invisible hand returns
5. Alternative stories
Seeing the firm whole
Alfred Chandler's stories
A search for theoretical consistency
Economies of scale and speed: the modern firm in abstract
6. Supply chains and M to C to C' to M'
M to C
C to C'
C' to M'
Holistic management/holistic problems
7. Toward relevance
A template to drill by
Stories and policies: a final word
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Subjects
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Big business
Big business -- United States -- History
Corporations
Corporations -- United States -- Case studies
History
Standard Oil Company
Wal-Mart (Firm)
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9780203894385
9780415775342
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