Journal of Management History: Volume 15 Issue 3

History and management practice and thought: an autobiography

Alfred D. Chandler

This piece is a republished autobiography of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

Globalization and Alfred D. Chandler's modern (American) firm: an essay

W. Mark Fruin

Alfred D. Chandler was the most important business historian of the twentieth century, who described and analyzed how large industrial firms are organized and managed in the USA…

Chandler as a biographer: content thematic analysis of Chandler's biography of Henry Varnum Poor

Leigh Ann Bynum, Russell W. Clayton, Mario Hayek, Miriam Moeller, Wallace A. Williams

This paper analyzes Chandler's biography of Henry Varnum Poor to assess Chandler's contribution to management history as a biographer.

From a family‐owned to a family‐controlled business: Applying Chandler's insights to explain family business transitional stages

Rosa Nelly Trevinyo‐Rodríguez

The purpose of this paper is to provide a meaningful, integrated, and re‐interpreted framework of Chandler's ideas regarding corporation's growth, offering an understandable…

An ideological shift in Chandler's research assumptions: From American exceptionalism to transnational history

Milorad M. Novicevic, John Humphreys, Duan Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze Alfred Chandler's ideological shift from American exceptionalism to transnational history in research assumptions to identify…

Commemorating Chandler through the lens of his revisionists

Milorad M. Novicevic, M. Ronald Buckley, Russell W. Clayton, Miriam Moeller, Wallace A. Williams

The purpose of this paper is to commemorate Alfred Chandler, a truly outstanding business historian, through the unique lens of his revisionists.

Honoring the life and works of Alfred Chandler (1918-2007)

Shawn Carraher, John Humphreys