{"product_id":"the-visible-hand-alfred-d-chandler-9780674940529","title":"The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe role of large-scale business enterprise--big business and its managers--during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s) is delineated in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., the distinguished business historian, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and the central sectors of production and distribution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe managerial revolution, presented here with force and conviction, is the story of how the visible hand of management replaced what Adam Smith called the \"invisible hand\" of market forces. Chandler shows that the fundamental shift toward managers running large enterprises exerted a far greater influence in determining size and concentration in American industry than other factors so often cited as critical: the quality of entrepreneurship, the availability of capital, or public policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred D. Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674940520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674940529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.26w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 38","brand":"Alfred D. Chandler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988208517375,"sku":"9780674940529","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7aacc289-c0c0-47e5-bbf6-7ef1c4821674.jpg?v=1683293223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-visible-hand-alfred-d-chandler-9780674940529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}