Walter Friedman

Biographic Data

ID389002
NAMEWalter Friedman
GIVEN NAMESWalter
FAMILY NAMEFriedman
SIGNATUREFRIEDMAN W
AFFILIATIONSBridge University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS67
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX4

  • A Guide to the History of Industrial Slavery in the United States

    Open AccessIsabel Cole, Walter Friedman et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review2023

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  • Recent Trends in Business History Research

    Open AccessWalter Friedman, Walter A FriedmanARTICLEEnterprise & Society2017References: 19

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  • Robert J. Gordon. The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    Walter FriedmanARTICLEThe American Historical Review2017

    Robert J. Gordon’s The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War is the story of an economic revolution, rather than a political one, that stretched over a century, from 1870 to 1970, and that transformed the U.S. into a dominant global power—the richest the world had ever seen. It is one of several new books by economists that are grand in ambition and combine historical narrative with abundant quantitativ…

  • Opinions

    Open AccessWalter Friedman, Louis Galambos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Business Anthropology2014Cited by: 1References: 28

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  • Predicting the Next Panic

    Walter FriedmanARTICLEEconomic History of Developing…2012References: 4

    A market for predictions is part of any capitalist economy. In the U.S., the modern economic forecasting industry got its start in the early twentieth century. By elaborating on the “rules” by which economies function, forecasters provided ways to make sense of the very atmosphere in which businesses and investors operate. Like the development of routines for managing work within a firm, the popularization of forecasting models provided a sense o…

  • Salesmen in comparative perspective

    Walter Friedman, Walter A FriedmanARTICLEEntreprises et histoire2012Cited by: 1References: 1

    Cet article dresse le bilan de 20 années de recherches historiques sur les commis voyageurs puis, à partir des apports de ce numéro d’ Entreprises et Histoire sur l’Europe, présente des pistes de recherche pour une histoire comparée des vendeurs

  • Business History

    Open AccessWalter Friedman, Walter A Friedman et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review2011Cited by: 40References: 32

    cross-disciplinary appeal

  • Creative Industries in History

    Open AccessWalter Friedman, Walter A Friedman et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review2011Cited by: 4References: 26

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  • The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting

    Walter Friedman, Walter A FriedmanARTICLEHistory of Political Economy2009Cited by: 13References: 17

    The Harvard Economic Service pioneered the business of economic forecasting by publishing a weekly newsletter on economic conditions, starting in 1922. The Harvard forecasting model, developed by the statistician and economist Warren Persons, gained international renown for its three-curve A-B-C chart, which rendered business fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C. J. Bull…

  • Statistical portraits of American business elites

    Walter Friedman, Richard S Tedlow et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2003

    Since the early twentieth century, scholars have conducted statistical studies of groups of business leaders. These have often been extensive undertakings, calling for the collection of large quantities of information about business executives through the use of surveys, personal interviews, dictionaries, obituaries and biographies. The scholars who have carried out these studies have come from a range of disciplines, including sociology, history…

  • John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

    Open AccessWalter Friedman, Walter A FriedmanARTICLEThe Business History Review1998Cited by: 8References: 7

    This article assesses John H. Patterson's influence on the development of sales management and modern understandings of salesmanship. From 1884, when Patterson started the National Cash Register Company, to his death in 1922, the firm dominated its industry. At the heart of the company's success was its sales force. Patterson created an intricate system of management to monitor and train company salesmen. He gave them scripts to memorize and assi…