Timing a Century : : History of the Waltham Watch Company / / Charles W. Moore.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Moore, Charles W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1945
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Business History ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.) :; 17 illustrations

Table of 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