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Wedgwood : the first tycoon
- Title
- Wedgwood : the first tycoon / Brian Dolan.
- Author
- Dolan, Brian.
- Publication
- New York : Viking, 2004.
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- Description
- xvii, 396 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Wedgwood has been one of the most recognizable brand names in the world for more than two hundred years--the epitome of quality and luxury--and is also the Enlightenment's most remarkable success story. Born into a poor family of potters, Josiah Wedgwood amassed a fortune that would today make him a billionaire, and created a multinational corporate empire. He combined rationality with bold experimentation, revolutionizing the business model of his time with a series of innovations: organizing skilled labor in one of the world's earliest factories; encouraging employee loyalty by offering long-term contracts that included health insurance and pension plans; and changing the very notion of shopping by utilizing showrooms and traveling salesmen.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-388) and index.
- Call Number
- JQE 05-152
- ISBN
- 0670033464 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2004049633
- OCLC
- 55085826
- Author
- Dolan, Brian.
- Title
- Wedgwood : the first tycoon / Brian Dolan.
- Imprint
- New York : Viking, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-388) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 05-152