Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Thyssen & Co., 1871–1914
7. Chapter 1. August Thyssen, Victorian Entrepreneur 43
8. Chapter 2. If I Rest, I Rust 74
9. Chapter 3. Creating Management 104
10. Chapter 4. Accounting for Control 150
11. Chapter 5. Sustaining Innovation 190
12. Part II. The Thyssen-Konzern, 1890–1926
13. Chapter 6. Cartels and Competition 235
14. Chapter 7. Rushing Forward and Backward 261
15. Chapter 8. Managing a Konzern 296
16. Chapter 9. Organizing Financial Control 337
17. Chapter 10. Revolutionizing Industrial Relations 380
18. Chapter 11. Centralization or Decentralization? 431
19. Chapter 12. The Demise of the Thyssen-Konzern 478
20. Part III. The Vereinigte Stahlwerke, 1926–1936
21. Chapter 13. The “Rationalization Company” 523
22. Chapter 14. Contested Terrain 569
23. Chapter 15. Business Practice and Politics 618
24. Chapter 16. Heinrich Dinkelbach, Organization Man 677
25. Conclusion 711
26. Appendix A: Tables 751
27. Appendix B: Accounting as Symbolic Practice 770
28. Notes 789
29. Index 935
30. Backmatter 956