Ralph M Hower
Biographic Data
| ID | 1092594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph M Hower |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hower |
| SIGNATURE | HOWER R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1936 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919
Systems Analysis in Organizational Behavior
Managers and Scientists
History of an Advertising Agency
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919. Chapters in the Evolution of the Department Store
History of American Business Leaders
The Effect of Managerial Policy Upon the Structure of American Business
The object of this paper is to present for discussion the thesis that the managerial policy of individual entrepreneurs has been one of the principal factors determining the structure of American business
Harvard Studies in Business History. History of An Advertising Agency
Journal Article History of An Advertising Agency: N. W. Ayer & Son at Work, 1869–1939. By Ralph M. Hower. Harvard Studies in Business History. Edited by N. S. B. Gras. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. xxxv + 652 pp. Illustrations, tables, chronology, and appendix. $4.00.) Get access William D. Overman William D. Overman Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…
Business Enterprise in the American Revolution
As students continue to re-work the field of American history, they turn up a great variety of new material. Some of it is of limited significance—the sparse gleanings that one expects to find where many careful reapers have been at work. But some of it is rich and important, as unexplored aspects of the past attract attention; and this is especially true of the growing knowledge about business in America's development. It is a striking paradox t…
Urban Retailing 100 Years Ago
An address delivered by Dr. Ralph M. Hower at the Annual Meeting of the Business Historical Society. I propose to interpret my subject rather liberally and to concentrate upon what seem to me to be some fundamental changes in retailing—ranging the whole of the 19th century, but focussing attention especially upon the years from 1850 to 1875, a period of great innovation. And please note that all my remarks have to do with American experience. To …
Cyrus Hall McCormick
If a man's ability is to be rated according to the amount of money he makes, Cyrus H. McCormick was one of America's ablest business leaders in the nineteenth century. A more discriminating view of his career would necessitate some important qualifications in such an estimate. McCormick's personal achievements—both as inventor and as a business man—were truly remarkable in the period before about 1860, and during the whole course of his life he d…
Some Remarks On Private Banking
In sending copies of Dr. Henrietta M. Larson's Jay Cooke—Private Banker to its members, the Business Historical Society has taken a definite step forward. For the first time in its eleven years' existence, the Society has, with this presentation, been instrumental in distributing a significant historical volume prepared by a trained business historian and dealing with the business career of an important business man
Business Enterprise in the American Revolution
As students continue to re-work the field of American history, they turn up a great variety of new material. Some of it is of limited significance—the sparse gleanings that one expects to find where many careful reapers have been at work. But some of it is rich and important, as unexplored aspects of the past attract attention; and this is especially true of the growing knowledge about business in America's development. It is a striking paradox t…
Urban Retailing 100 Years Ago
An address delivered by Dr. Ralph M. Hower at the Annual Meeting of the Business Historical Society. I propose to interpret my subject rather liberally and to concentrate upon what seem to me to be some fundamental changes in retailing—ranging the whole of the 19th century, but focussing attention especially upon the years from 1850 to 1875, a period of great innovation. And please note that all my remarks have to do with American experience. To …
Cyrus Hall McCormick
If a man's ability is to be rated according to the amount of money he makes, Cyrus H. McCormick was one of America's ablest business leaders in the nineteenth century. A more discriminating view of his career would necessitate some important qualifications in such an estimate. McCormick's personal achievements—both as inventor and as a business man—were truly remarkable in the period before about 1860, and during the whole course of his life he d…
Some Remarks On Private Banking
In sending copies of Dr. Henrietta M. Larson's Jay Cooke—Private Banker to its members, the Business Historical Society has taken a definite step forward. For the first time in its eleven years' existence, the Society has, with this presentation, been instrumental in distributing a significant historical volume prepared by a trained business historian and dealing with the business career of an important business man
Urban Retailing 100 Years Ago
An address delivered by Dr. Ralph M. Hower at the Annual Meeting of the Business Historical Society. I propose to interpret my subject rather liberally and to concentrate upon what seem to me to be some fundamental changes in retailing—ranging the whole of the 19th century, but focussing attention especially upon the years from 1850 to 1875, a period of great innovation. And please note that all my remarks have to do with American experience. To …
Business Enterprise in the American Revolution
As students continue to re-work the field of American history, they turn up a great variety of new material. Some of it is of limited significance—the sparse gleanings that one expects to find where many careful reapers have been at work. But some of it is rich and important, as unexplored aspects of the past attract attention; and this is especially true of the growing knowledge about business in America's development. It is a striking paradox t…
Harvard Studies in Business History. History of An Advertising Agency
Journal Article History of An Advertising Agency: N. W. Ayer & Son at Work, 1869–1939. By Ralph M. Hower. Harvard Studies in Business History. Edited by N. S. B. Gras. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. xxxv + 652 pp. Illustrations, tables, chronology, and appendix. $4.00.) Get access William D. Overman William D. Overman Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…
History of American Business Leaders
The Effect of Managerial Policy Upon the Structure of American Business
The object of this paper is to present for discussion the thesis that the managerial policy of individual entrepreneurs has been one of the principal factors determining the structure of American business
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919. Chapters in the Evolution of the Department Store
History of an Advertising Agency
Managers and Scientists
Systems Analysis in Organizational Behavior
History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919
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