The Dutch Family Firm Confronted with Chandler's Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism, 1890–1940

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8418554
AutoresKeetie E Sluyterman (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Keetie Sluyterman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor de correspondencia), Hélène J M Winkelman (b Netherlands Economic-History Archives , Amsterdam)
Año1993
Volumen35
Número4
Páginas152-183
Fecha de publicación1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076799300000132
OpenAlexW2070516857
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

Inspired by Chandler's Scale and Scope, the authors ranked the top 100 Dutch industrial companies based on total assets in the year 1930. Investigation of these 100 companies showed that Dutch industrial capitalism resembled the British personal capitalism more than the German co-operative managerial capitalism. A personal management culture, however, was not synonymous with failure and lack of competitiveness, even in the sectors associated with the ‘Second Industrial Revolution’. The fact that Dutch companies were competitive internationally in the chemicals, petroleum and electrical machinery sectors argues in favour of personal managerial structures

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