Edison and the Business of Innovation (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801847303 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From extensive research in the Edison archives at West Orange, New Jersey, Andre Millard presents new information about Edison the businessman and provides new interpretations of old issues.. Tracing his career from his boyhood to his death in 1931, Edison and the Business of Innovation reveals Edison to be an entrepreneur of extraordinary vision. This is the story of the "other" Thomas Edisonnot the heroic lone inventor, but Edison the businessman, industrialist, and successful manager of one of the world's largest industrial research laboratories
R&D in the age of innovation This book works to cover the evolution of research and development within the American corporation. Borrowing from the understanding of Alfred Chandler it tracks through the machine shops days of free flowing ideas to building up a business based on the innovations developed
(Matthew Hill Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society) . (American Historical Review)For anyone wishing to expand, in an accessible yet scholarly way, his or her understanding of this uniquely American icon, this is an excellent point of departure. An informative business history, illuminating Edison the businessman, industrialist, and manager, showing why he succeeded in some areas and failed in others and how he 'straddled the craft culture of the preindustrial age and the industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century' (Journal of American History)Millard modestly calls this book 'an adva