The Modern Firm
Subtitle: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780198293750
Subjects: Business competition; Business strategy; International business; Management & management techniques; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Management - General; Business & Economics / Management; Business planning; Strategic planning
First sentence: During the first two decades of the twentieth century, managers at Standard Oil of New Jersey, Dupont, Sears Roebuck, and General Motors invited a new way of organizing and managing their businesses.