Sears Roebuck

================= ECONHIST.TEACH POSTING ================= Va Nee Van Vleck asked: > Toward what materials can I direct a student interested in doing a >case study of Sears Roebuck & Co.? He's started from a foundation of >Chandler _The Visible Hand_ and Donald Katz's _The Big Store_. > Two sources that come to mind are: 1. Harold Barger, DISTRIBUTION'S PLACE IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, MBER, 1955. --> looks at retailing and wholesaling generally. 2. Alfred Chandler, STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE, MIT, 1962. Chapter 5 is a case study of Sears. Louis ================================================================ Louis Johnston Department of Economics and Management Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 56082 (507) 933-7436 ljohnsto@gac.edu ============ FOOTER TO ECONHIST.TEACH POSTING ============ * To post a message to this list, send it to ECONHIST.TEACH@cs.muohio.edu. * To get all the messages posted to this list only once a day, send the message "set ECONHIST.TEACH mail digest" to lists@cs.muohio.edu. * To view past posting to this list, look in the directory "List Archive" in the Cliometric Society Server. The address is: cs.muohio.edu. * For more information and instructions, send the message "info ECONHIST.TEACH" to lists@cs.muohio.edu. ==================================================== >