Bancroft Prize
1回登壇
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第31回（1978年） Winner
Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
アルフレッド・ディー・チャンドラー・ジュニア
Arufureddo D. Chandorā Junia
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1918-09-15 （Guyencourt, Delaware, United States）
- 死没
- 2007-05-09 （Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States） 88歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Guyencourt, Delaware, United States → Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Johns Hopkins affiliation) → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (Harvard/MIT affiliation)
経歴
- 職業
- business historian, historian, professor, author
- 活動期間
- 1946年〜2007年
- 所属
- Harvard Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University
- 所属団体
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
- 影響を受けた人物
- Frederick Merk (doctoral advisor), Henry Varnum Poor (ancestor and source material), Alfred P. Sloan
- 影響を与えた人物
- Numerous business historians and management scholars, Wallace Williams, Milorad Novicevic
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Exeter Academy | — | — | — | 〜1936 | United States |
| Harvard College (Harvard University) | — | — | BA | 1936–1940 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | MA | 1945–1946 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | History | PhD | 1946–1952 | United States |
Phillips Exeter Academy
期間:
〜1936
卒業年:
1936
国:
United States
Preparatory school; graduated 1936
Harvard College (Harvard University)
学位:
BA
期間:
1936–1940
卒業年:
1940
国:
United States
Bachelor of Arts (BA), graduated 1940
Harvard University
学位:
MA
期間:
1945–1946
卒業年:
1946
国:
United States
Returned from WWII naval service and obtained MA
Harvard University
History
学位:
PhD
期間:
1946–1952
卒業年:
1952
国:
United States
PhD in history; doctoral advisor: Frederick Merk
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bancroft Prize | — | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize committee) | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Pulitzer Prize for History | The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business | History | Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize committee) | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
1978
主催:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize committee)
結果:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
1978
対象作品:
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
部門:
History
主催:
Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize committee)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第61回（1978年） Winner
作品
代表作
Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise
1962年 business history / economic historyA seminal study examining how corporate strategy drove the development of organizational structures, using cases such as Du Pont, Standard Oil, General Motors, and Sears.
business strategyorganizational structuremulti-divisional form
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
1977年 business history / economic historyArgues that managerial coordination within large firms—enabled by technological and infrastructural changes—became a central force in the American economy; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.
role of managersSecond Industrial Revolutionscale and scope of firms
Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism
1990年 economic history / business historyFurther develops themes about firm growth, integration, and technological change shaping industrial capitalism.
firm growthtechnological changeindustrial capitalism
Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries
2001年 economic history / history of technologyTraces the development of consumer electronics and computer industries and the transition to the information age.
informatizationhistory of technologyindustrial transformation
Shaping the Industrial Century: The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of the Modern Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
2005年 economic history / industrial historyA detailed account of the development of the modern chemical and pharmaceutical industries from an industrial-historical perspective.
industrial historychemical industrypharmaceutical industry
全著作
- Chandler, Alfred D. "The beginnings of 'big business' in American industry" Business History Review 33#1 (1959): 1-31.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., 1962, Strategy and Structure.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., and Stephen Salsbury, 1971, Pierre S. Du Pont and the Making of the Modern Industrial Corporation.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., 1977, The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., 1990, Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., 2001, Inventing the Electronic Century.
- Chandler, Alfred D. Jr., 2005, Shaping the Industrial Century.
作風・主題
- 文体
- academic and analytical prosecomparative-historical methodcase-study based narrative
- 頻出モチーフ
- role of managers and hierarchical organizationscale and scope of firmsimportance of railroads and infrastructuredevelopment of industrial capitalism
評価・遺産
Chandler established the foundations of business history and substantially advanced understanding of corporate organization and the role of managers. His work influenced management studies, organizational sociology, and economic history; he has been called the doyen of American business historians.
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Philosophical Society
資料所蔵先
- Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School (Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. papers)
- Radcliffe Institute (Schlesinger Library) — Poor family papers
大衆文化への影響
- Frequently cited in management textbooks and business history courses
- The Visible Hand became a canonical work in business history and prompted interdisciplinary debate
引用
-
the doyen of American business historians
出典: The Economist (obituary) (2007年)
豆知識
- He was a descendant of Henry Varnum Poor and used Poor's papers in his doctoral work.
- The family use of "Du Pont" derives from a familial connection through his great-grandmother.
- Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before returning to complete graduate studies.
- Won the Pulitzer Prize for History for The Visible Hand (awarded 1978).