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Perspectives on the Bell System: Strategy, Structure, Technology, and Unionism

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The Telephone Enterprise: The Evolution of the Bell System's Horizontal Structure, 1876–1909. By GarnetRobert W.. (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1985. xxiii + 210 pp. $22.50.)

The Anatomy of a Business Strategy: Bell, Western Electric, and the Origins of the American Telephone Industry. By SmithGeorge David. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. xxii + 237 pp. $20.00.)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Richard H. K. Vietor
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Richard H. K. Vietor is professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.

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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1986

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