A business history of the Gramophone Company Ltd, 1897-1918
This dissertation examines the creation and development of one of the earliest yet least known components of the past century's revolution in communications - the sound recording industry. The work seeks to answer a number of questions concerning the sound recording industry including how it was created in the United States and Europe; how markets and manufacturing facilities were established; and, reviewing the industry over the two decades before 1918, the extent of its success and permanence. To give the work a focus and a sense of coherence, the main body takes the form of a business history of a single enterprise, an industrial pioneer and British-based multinational enterprise, the Gramophone Company Ltd. The Company is surveyed from its formation in 1897 to 1918. The dissertation is divided into four parts. Part One examines invention, innovation and market formation in the U.S.A. and Europe. Part Two surveys the Gramophone Company. Issues examined include Company formation, the role and functions of management and Board of Directors; the Company's multinational trade; the problem of managing overseas branches and the various attempts made to create an organisation and a management structure capable
Martland, Stephen Peter
A business history of the Gramophone Company Ltd, 1897-1918. This dissertation examines the creation and development of one of the earliest yet least known components of the past century's revolution in communications - the sound recording industry. The work seeks to answer a number of questions concerning the sound recording industry including how it was created in the United States and Europe; how markets and manufacturing facilities were established; and, reviewing the industry over the two decades before 1918, the extent of its success and permanence. To give the work a focus and a sense of coherence, the main body takes the form of a business history of a single enterprise, an industrial pioneer and British-based multinational enterprise, the Gramophone Company Ltd. The Company is surveyed from its formation in 1897 to 1918. The dissertation is divided into four parts. Part One examines invention, innovation and market formation in the U.S.A. and Europe. Part Two surveys the Gramophone Company. Issues examined include Company formation, the role and functions of management and Board of Directors; the Company's multinational trade; the problem of managing overseas branches and the various attempts made to create an organisation and a management structure capable
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