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Family and Bureaucracy in German Industrial Management, 1850–1914: Siemens in Comparative Perspective

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This study analyzes the changing role of pre-industrial family and bureaucratic traditions in the development of Germany's leading electrical manufacturing firm. The Siemens company developed a decentralized, multi-divisional structure ten to twenty years before duPont and General Motors pioneered a similar organization in the United States. The pre-industrial bureaucratic traditions, considered in a multi-national context, facilitated the development of efficient modern management in Germany and help explain the relative success of German industry in the two decades before World War I.

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  • Kocka, Jürgen, 1971. "Family and Bureaucracy in German Industrial Management, 1850–1914: Siemens in Comparative Perspective," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 133-156, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:45:y:1971:i:02:p:133-156_01
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    1. Fritsch Stefan, 2015. "Technological innovation, globalization, and varieties of capitalism: the case of Siemens AG as example for contingent institutional adaptation," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 125-159, April.
    2. Cleary, Peter & Quinn, Martin & Moreno, Alonso, 2019. "Socioemotional wealth in family firms: A longitudinal content analysis of corporate disclosures," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 119-132.

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