As theU.S. economyexpanded beyond farming and basic manufacturing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it became important forbusinessesto find consumers interested in buying the products and services being produced in ever greater amounts. Shortening the work week was one way of turning the wo...
2007. "What's on the Path? Path Dependence, Organizational Diversity, and the Problem of Institutional Change in the U.S. Economy, 1900-1950." Socio-Economic Review 5: 47-80.Schneiberg, Marc. "What's on the Path? Path Dependence, Organizational Diversity, and ...
The oil boom of the early 1900s transformed the state, turning the rural region into a larger, more industrial state with a population that more than tripled to about 9.6 million by 1960. Today, many of the state’s largest public companies are still in the oil industry. Other notable co...
Millions of Ukrainians fled from their homeland in the early days of the war, with mostly women and children leaving their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers to fight the invading forces. Leading scholars consider why some democracies have not joined the coalition against Russia, why Russian Pr...
In The Early 1900s, US Scientists Pushed For Metric Conversion, But The Public Wanted The US To Lead, Not Follow Scientists and medical professionals have been especially vocal in calls for change. Congressional testimonies in favor of metrication by the likes of Alexande...
In the early 1990s, the United States had a recession, and saw a period of declining interest rates, and the dollar was weak overall. Emerging markets had a strong period until the mid-1990s. At that point, the United States’ economy began to do well and raised interest rates, beginning...
6 Ocober 2013FossilFuelsand Alternate Energy Sources In the early 1900s‚fossilfuelswere the primary source of energy‚ but in more recent times with reserves diminishing and global warming becoming a major issue‚ we are forced to develop alternate sources of energy. According to Melosi‚...
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A fundamental assumption of administrative reformers in the late 1800s and early 1900s was that politics could have only adverse effects on administration. how valid is that belief? why? how, and to what extent, do current adminis...
In the early 1900s, anyone suggesting that the government didn’t need to have a hammer to smash big business would have been eyed suspiciously. But globalization and the maturity of the world economy have prompted calls for the retirement of antitrust laws. ...