Overview

This is the story of the ""other"" Thomas Edison - not the heroic, lone inventor, but Edison the businessman, industrialist and successful manager of one of the world's largest industrial research laboratories. 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. From extensive research in the Edison archives at West Orange, New Jersey, Andre Millard presents new information about Edison the businessman and also provides new interpretations of old issues.

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Author:   André Millard (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780801847301

ISBN 10:   0801847303
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   26 September 1993
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

LIst of Tables and Figures Preface 1. The Largest Laboratory Extant 2. The Machine Shop Culture 3. The Business of Innovation 4. The Phonograph: A Case Study in Research and Development 5. Edison's Laboratory and the Electrical industry 6. Diversification in the 1890s 7. Moving Pictures 8. An Industrial Empire 9. Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated 10. The Diamond Disc 11. The Rise of the Organization 12. Business and technology: The Dictating Machine 13. The Impending Conflict 14. The End of an Era 15. The Last Years Epilogue Notes Index Books in Series

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An informative business history, illuminating Edison the businessman, industrialist, and manager. --'Journal of American History'

Author Information

André Millard is a professor of history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Beatlemania: Technology, Business, and Teen Culture in Cold War America and Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm.

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