MGMT 225 - American Business History

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 100 & MGMT 101. This course examines how the kind of firms in which most Wharton students will spend the next stage of their careers came to be as they are today. At a superficial level, the course's objectives are descriptive and narrative. Its deeper purpose is to give students some idea of how to think about the future evolution of firms and industries. The course will discuss the historical development of the business enterprise as an institution. It will also cover the evolution of competition and strategy of corporate finance. The focus will be on American developments, since many of the innovations took place here; but there will be a number of comparisons to institutions in Japan and the leading European economies. The course considers issues arising in a number of different management disciplines and shows off their interrelationships.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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