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Publication date: 28 September 2010

Jack Smothers, Mario Hayek, Leigh Ann Bynum, Milorad M. Novicevic, M. Ronald Buckley and Shawn Carraher

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the life and works of Alfred Chandler and highlight the impact of his thoughts on organizational theory, strategy and history.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the life and works of Alfred Chandler and highlight the impact of his thoughts on organizational theory, strategy and history.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper analyzes Alfred Chandler's life and the lasting contributions his works have provided to many disciplines as well as the work of his revisionists. Furthermore, the paper analyzes his contributions to the understanding of US business history and global business history.

Findings

Chandler's conceptualization of the growth of large business and management practices have shaped business history by transitioning from an American exceptionalist view to a more global comparative perspective.

Practical implications

The paper provides Chandler's insights as well as those of his revisionists regarding USA and comparative global business history.

Originality/value

The paper highlights Chandler's cross‐disciplinary impact and analyzes Chandlerian and revisionist perspectives in both the American exceptionalist as well as the global comparative eras of Chandler's life.

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Journal of Management History, vol. 16 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1348

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Publication date: 29 March 2013

E.M. (Mick) Kolassa, Leigh Ann Bynum and Erin Holmes

This paper seeks to clarify the use and limitations of the IMS National Disease and Therapeutic Index database, which is frequently used by scholars and courts to provide insights…

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Purpose

This paper seeks to clarify the use and limitations of the IMS National Disease and Therapeutic Index database, which is frequently used by scholars and courts to provide insights into pharmaceutical markets. Specifically, the paper aims to discuss appropriate and inappropriate uses of the data and details the limitations as a means of drawing generalizable conclusions.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper takes the form of a literature review and critical evaluation of data and its uses.

Findings

The IMS NDTI can provide useful insights into pharmaceutical markets, and also provide indications of potential trends or behaviors, but cannot be relied on for conclusive evidence of such phenomena in the marketplace. The NDTI has limitations that result from sampling and design issues, as well as the specific method by which the data are collected and coded. Although IMS is clear and forthright in addressing these limitations, many researchers have apparently chosen not to heed these cautions and have drawn unsupportable conclusions from NDTI data.

Originality/value

The implications of drawing inappropriate conclusions from the NDTI database can range from the development of a crucial misunderstanding of the market by pharmaceutical marketers, the establishment of erroneous theories or assumptions into the literature or even the miscarriage of justice when the data are used as the basis for a legal judgment or claim. Users must be cautious when drawing any conclusions from these data.

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International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1750-6123

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Publication date: 26 June 2009

Leigh Ann Bynum, Russell W. Clayton, Mario Hayek, Miriam Moeller and Wallace A. Williams

This paper analyzes Chandler's biography of Henry Varnum Poor to assess Chandler's contribution to management history as a biographer.

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Purpose

This paper analyzes Chandler's biography of Henry Varnum Poor to assess Chandler's contribution to management history as a biographer.

Design/methodology/approach

Using Winter's content thematic analysis, measure Poor's motivational needs for achievement, affiliation‐intimacy, and power, as they are depicted by Chandler throughout the stages of Poor's career as a business editor, analyst, and reformer.

Findings

Our analysis shows that Chandler views Poor's motivation as stable throughout Poor's three professional roles. This paper found that Chandler views Poor as primarily driven by his need for power, followed by a significant need for achievement, and a minor need for affiliation throughout his working life.

Originality/value

This research is unique because it provides the first social‐scientific assessment of Chandler's contribution to management history as a biographer.

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Journal of Management History, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1348

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International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1750-6123

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Publication date: 26 June 2009

Shawn Carraher and John Humphreys

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Journal of Management History, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1348

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