Alfred Chandler's Model of Business Enterprise Structure and the Japanese-Style Enterprise System: Are They Compatible?

Thorstein Veblen's theory of institutions has often been interpreted as explaining that institutions (social habits) are formed in previous time periods under the influence of earlier states of technology. Accordingly, in the modern era institutions are “static, backward looking, and resistant to change, alterations…occurring only under pressure from the dynamic of technological progress” (Rutherford 1984, p. 331). As a recent case in point, R. W. Ault and R. B. Ekelund (1988, p. 438; see also p. 435) stated that Veblen's “view of habits was an inert and exogenous view.” Malcolm Rutherford (1984) has noted that Veblen described several processes of internal development of institutions within a system governed by a given logic, e.g., the business enterprise system under the logic of pecuniary values.

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Enterprise and its Business Environment

10.23912/978-1-910158-78-4-2852 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Business Environment ◽

Solid Base ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

The World

A clear and insightful introduction to the world of business enterprise and the inner workings of the firm. It explores the role of entrepreneurs, consumers and businesses to understand how their roles affect the production and allocation of good and services and provides a solid base from which those new to the study of business can develop their own interests in relation to the most powerful economic and entrepreneurial forces shaping the world in which we live.

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Institutional Integration : an Approach to Comparative Studies of the History of Large-Scale Business Enterprise

Revue économique ◽

10.3406/reco.1976.408257 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 177-199

Author(s):

Alfred Chandler

Keyword(s):

Comparative Studies ◽

Large Scale ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

Institutional Integration ◽

History Of

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The Cellophane Wall

10.1093/oso/9780190840822.003.0009 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

J. E. Smyth

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

American Business ◽

Women Filmmakers ◽

American Film ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

Collaborative Models ◽

Bette Davis ◽

Studio System ◽

Film Authorship ◽

Over Time

Between 1924 and 1954, Hollywood was, more than any other American business enterprise, enriched by women: women’s pictures, women audiences and fans, and women filmmakers. McLean, Head, McCall, Davis, Harrison, Hopper, and many other Hollywood women offered collaborative models of the studio system. These are difficult concepts for film historians to face. Recognizing that the Hollywood studio system enabled women’s careers between 1924 and 1954 forces a reconsideration of two ideologies that have held sway over American film and cultural history: the “great man” theory of film authorship, and the assumption that things for Hollywood’s women have improved over time, due to our faith in “progressive” history. Today, women trying to break into the industry are told that although things are difficult and women are not represented equally in the creative professions, the situation has improved since the bad old studio days. “Bunk!” as Bette Davis would have said.

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Financial Policies of Business Enterprise. W. Boyard TaylorModern Corporation Finance. William H. Husband , James C. Dockeray

Journal of Political Economy ◽

10.1086/256169 ◽

1944 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 175-176

Author(s):

Norman S. Buchanan

Keyword(s):

Business Enterprise ◽

Financial Policies

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Efficiency of the management of parallel activities in the business enterprise

10.1063/5.0041744 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

George Popov ◽

Kiril Anguelov ◽

Antoaneta Popova

Keyword(s):

Business Enterprise

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A new management for enduring company success

Kybernetes ◽

10.1108/03684921111133638 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 40 (3/4) ◽

pp. 369-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

William F. Christopher

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

System Model ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

Viable System Model ◽

System Science ◽

Content Type ◽

Turbulent Times ◽

Changing Times ◽

Viable System ◽

Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain how the system science and cybernetics in Stafford Beer's viable system model (VSM) will help management structure and manage their company to achieve on‐going success in a fast‐changing world.Design/methodology/approachThe author worked with Stafford Beer in the 1970s, applying his VSM in the corporation he then worked for and has used the VSM ideas in work with companies in 16 countries, always with success. The VSM instructs in how to structure and how to manage. For what to manage the author used Peter Drucker's key performance areas, and has more than 50 years of experience working in these areas.FindingsThe author has found, during his long career in industry and in consulting, that the VSM is the best available guide for structuring and managing a business enterprise for success in turbulent times.Practical implicationsIn the 1950s, Ralph Cordiner “decentralized” General Electric into 120 businesses, pioneering a new, better way to structure and manage a corporation. After 50 years, we have the next revolutionary advance in management, the system science and cybernetics in Stafford's VSM. The VSM includes information and environments in structure, enabling companies to change as appropriate for achieving on‐going success in a world of huge and fast‐growing variety.Originality/valueThe paper shows how a simple form of the VSM includes all the system science company management needs to structure and manage their company for enduring success in fast‐changing times.

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