Many thanks for the tips. Will follow up on Hughes and Smil. Part of my interest is Schumpeter's claim that modern corporation has rationalized and routinized innovation and made the entrepreneur obsolescent. From what I can tell he has the same late 19th century period in mind. Though he does not give a lot of detail or analysis for such an important claim.
This is such a very good question. I wish I had an equivalent answer. Yes, Chandler. And Thomas Hughes, "American Genesis". And Vaclav Smil...
Many thanks for the tips. Will follow up on Hughes and Smil. Part of my interest is Schumpeter's claim that modern corporation has rationalized and routinized innovation and made the entrepreneur obsolescent. From what I can tell he has the same late 19th century period in mind. Though he does not give a lot of detail or analysis for such an important claim.