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Timing a Century : History of the Waltham Watch Company / Charles W. Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Charles W., author.
- Series:
- Harvard Studies in Business History
- Harvard Studies in Business History ; 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clock and watch making--Massachusetts--Waltham--History.
- Clock and watch making.
- Waltham Watch Company.
- Local Subjects:
- Waltham Watch Company.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Timing a Century".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- TABLES
- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CHRONOLOGY
- CHAPTER I. SOURCES OF A NEW AMERICAN INDUSTRY 1850
- CHAPTER II. SUCCESS AND FAILURE
- CHAPTER III. SALVAGING DENNISON'S ENTERPRISE
- CHAPTER IV. THE GOLDEN AGE, 1859-1882
- CHAPTER V. COMPETITION IN THE WATCH INDUSTRY 1864-1907
- CHAPTER VI. THE DECAY OF MANAGEMENT , 1910-1921
- CHAPTER VII. CONTROL BY COMMERCIAL BANKS
- CHAPTER VIII. REORGANIZATION , 1923
- CHAPTER IX. MANAGEMENT ANDINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER X. THE DUMAINE MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
- CHAPTER XI. THE STRIKE, 1924
- CHAPTER XII. DUMAINE'S BUSINESS POLICIES
- CHAPTER XIII. DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY, 1929 TO 1935
- CHAPTER XIV. PROBLEMS IN PRODUCTION
- CHAPTER XV. PROBLEMS OF DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER XVI. FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
- CHAPTER XVII. A CHANGE IN STRATEGY
- APPENDIX A. PARTNERS AND OFFICERS OF THE WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY AND ANTECEDENTS
- APPENDIX B. DIRECTORS OF THE WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY AND ANTECEDENTS
- APPENDIX C. SOURCES OF CAPITAL OF THE WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY
- APPENDIX D. TYPES OF STOCKHOLDERS IN THE WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY
- APPENDIX E. A PARTIAL LIST OF WATCH MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED STATES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
- APPENDIX F. FINANCIAL RECORD OF PRESIDENT DUMAINE
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18346-0
- OCLC:
- 1024040767
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