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The Pragmatic Imagination : a History of the Wharton School, 1881-1981 /

A history of the emergence of the most prominent business school in the United States, this volume also constitutes a probing study of the role of authority in the development of American culture. Steven A. Sass traces Joseph Wharton's experiment from its origins in the ironmaster's entrep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sass, Steven A.
Otros Autores: Carroll, Donald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • A Plausible Introduction
  • 1. Joseph Wharton, Ironmaster
  • 2. The Philadelphia School of Finance and Economy
  • 3. The School of Practical Affairs: The College of Political and Social Science
  • 4. On the Firing Line of Civilization
  • 5. Getting Down to Business
  • 6. Cranking Up the Professional Machine
  • 7. The Institutions of Industrial Research
  • 8. Taking Stock
  • 9. Models, Mathematics, and the Apotheosis of Economic Theory
  • 10. Masters of Business Administration
  • Index