Alfred Chandler
There are 6 articles for this faculty member.
About Faculty in this Article:
Alfred Chandler was the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. He died in 2007.
New Learning at American Home Products
| Published: | April 25, 2005 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
In Alfred D. Chandler Jr's new history of the modern chemical and pharma industries, American Home Products follows a singular path to success. An excerpt from Shaping the Industrial Century.
Published in 2003
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
| Published: | October 20, 2003 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
There is plenty of history to be written about the birth of consumer electronics and the computer, says HBS professor emeritus Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
| Q&A with: | Alfred Chandler, Nancy F. Koehn, Debora L. Spar, and Richard S. Tedlow |
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| Published: | June 23, 2003 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Harvard Business School faculty Richard S. Tedlow, Alfred D. Chandler, Nancy F. Koehn, and Debora L. Spar discuss the different research paths they took leading to their most recent publications.
How Hot is the "Hot Spot" Business?
| Published: | May 12, 2003 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Wi-Fi hot spots and the future of broadband were on the minds of attendees at the Bandwidth Explosion colloquium at Harvard Business School.
Published in 2001
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
| Published: | November 19, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alfred D. Chandler Jr. examines the development of two pivotal industries in post-World War II America—the consumer electronics and computer industries.
Published in 1999
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
| Published: | November 2, 1999 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Often overlooked in the move into the international arena, a comapny's heritage can have a major impact on how it adapts to the new environment. In this excerpt from the second edition of their pioneering book Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution, HBS Professor Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal examine one aspect of that heritage: the influence on a company of its nation's history, infrastructure and culture.
