Accounting for growth
Subtitle: information systems and the creation of the large corporation
By: Margaret Levenstein.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Dow Chemical Company -- History; Dow Chemical Company -- Accounting; Information resources management; Management information systems
Description: Accounting for Growth is a study of information systems in American business during the quarter-century before World War I, a period that saw the birth of the large modern corporation as the dominant form of American enterprise. The book takes as its starting point the way in which the Dow Chemical Company constructed and reconstructed its internal information systems during years of rapid growth and technological change in the chemical industry.

The book also discusses how changes in information systems affected Dow's organization and management, as well as the extent of its technological innovation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.