Alfred Dupont Chandler (1918-2007): thoughts on strategy

The noted business historian, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Jr., the author of hundreds of journal articles and numerous books, died in May. As a Harvard professor in the 1970s, he revitalized business history, as a career choice for historians, as a serious branch of history and as a source of research...

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Main Author: Cowan, Roberta
Format: Working Paper
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27048
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Summary:The noted business historian, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Jr., the author of hundreds of journal articles and numerous books, died in May. As a Harvard professor in the 1970s, he revitalized business history, as a career choice for historians, as a serious branch of history and as a source of research that contributed to the fast-moving field of strategic management. This working paper discusses his contribution to strategy and provides a list of his monographs with comments on translations and reprintings.