American made : shaping the American economy / / by Harold C. Livesay

• Autore: Livesay Harold C.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, portraits
• Disciplina: 338.092/273
• Soggetto topico: Businesspeople - United States; Entrepreneurship - United States - History; Business enterprises - United States - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The artist of his country: Eli Whitney -- The grim reaper: Cyrus Hall McCormick -- The star-spangled Scotchman: Andrew Carnegie -- The most useful American: Thomas A. Edison -- The insolent charioteer: Henry Ford -- The patriarchal pioneer: Pierre S. Du Pont -- The organization man: Alfred P. Sloan -- Avatar of the worldwide car: Henry Ford II -- The philosopher scientist: Edwin Land -- And so it goes: burgers, bargains, and bytes -- Of things past and things to come.
• Sommario/riassunto: American Made is a best-selling collection of biographical sketches that introduces key trends of American business.The book details American business through time by presenting the history of people who forever changed the way that Americans do business. Harold Livesay maintains clarity and intellectual acumen while highlighting two themes: globalization and the impact of information technology on business. This edition includes updated stories of its hallmark historical business figures with the latest scholarship as well as additional biographies of figures that have redefined American business in recent years.
• Titolo autorizzato: American made
• ISBN: 1-315-51035-9; 1-315-51037-5; 1-315-51036-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149175703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II