Alfred Chandler
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. was a Harvard Business School professor whose Pulitzer Prize-winning history of American big business, The Visible Hand, argued that the managerial revolution of the late nineteenth century was the key driver of American economic growth. He is the most important business historian of the twentieth century.
Works
- The Visible HandHow managers revolutionized business through hierarchical control of supply chains and production
- Strategy and StructureHow organizational structure and strategic planning drive competitive advantage and growth
- Scale and ScopeAnalysis of how firms achieve competitive advantage through economies of scale and scope
- Shaping the Industrial Century