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Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea » (Reprint)

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Authors: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge, Adrian Wooldridge
ISBN-13: 9780812972870, ISBN-10: 0812972872
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: John Micklethwait

John Micklethwait oversees coverage of the United States for The Economist. He lives in London. Adrian Wooldridge works for The Economist in Washington, D.C. They are coauthors of A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization and The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus.

Book Synopsis

From the acclaimed authors of A Future Perfect comes the untold story of how the company became the world’s most powerful institution.

The Washington Post

In The Company, a highly readable history that manages to be both brief and magisterial, Economist staffers John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge convincingly argue that the modern corporation was one of the prime innovations that fueled the Industrial Revolution. — Daniel Gross

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Utopia Limited
1Merchants and Monopolists, 3000 B.C.-A.D. 15001
2Imperialists and Speculators, 1500-175015
3A Prolonged and Painful Birth, 1750-186237
4The Rise of Big Business in America, 1862-191355
5The Rise of Big Business in Britain, Germany, and Japan, 1850-195079
6The Triumph of Managerial Capitalism, 1913-1975101
7The Corporate Paradox, 1975-2002123
8Agents of Influence: Multinationals, 1850-2002159
Conclusion: The Future of the Company181
Bibliographic Note193
Notes199
Index213

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