The Vital Few : The Entrepreneur and American Economic Progress.
Jonathan. Hughes
Bok Engelsk 1986 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (631 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Individuals, Events and Economic Change -- PART I. THE SEARCH FOR A HAVEN, IDEALISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 2. William Penn and the Holy Experiment -- 3. Brigham Young and the Great Basin Kingdom -- PART II. THE INVENTORS -- 4. Eli Whitney and American Technology -- 5. The Wizard of Menlo Park -- PART III. CREATIVE DESTRUCTION-THE INNOVATORS -- 6. Carnegie and the American Steel Industry -- 7. Henry Ford and the Automobile Age -- PART IV. THE ARTS OF FINANCE AND CHANGING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE-THE ORGANIZERS -- 8. E. H. Harriman, the Financier and the Railroads -- 9. J. Pierpont Morgan, the Investment Banker as Statesman -- PART V. BUREAUCRACY: THE NEED TO MONITOR AND THE DANGER OF ORGANIZATIONAL GRIDLOCK -- 10. Mary Switzer: Well-Mannered Juggernaut -- 11. Marriner Eccles: Logician in Wonderland -- PART VI. THE AMERICAN LEGACY AND ITS FUTURE -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - Originally published in 1965, The Vital Few examines the contribution entrepreneurs have made to the American economy by providing portraits of such legendary figures as William Penn, Eli Whitney, Henry Ford, and J. Pierpont Morgan, who helped to establish the character of the American businessperson and to carry our economy forward from colonial times. This new edition includes biographies of Mary Switzer and Marriner Eccles, and a short essay on the nature of bureaucracy in both the government and the private sector.
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| ISBN | 9780199938131
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