By Adolf A. Berle Jr., Gardiner C Means
The fashionable company and personal estate explores the evolution of huge company via a criminal and financial lens, and argues that during the fashionable international those that legally have possession over businesses were separated from their keep an eye on.
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But Wanamaker also believed that daring must be restrained by a view of the whole picture. "22 Wanamaker had several significant personality liabilities. Although he could listen when he had to do so, especially when it came to the business, he would often talk without hearing what others said. " This was a quality which hurt him in his ambitions for a political career. 23 Page 21 With his many religious ties, Wanamaker often appeared sanctimonious. In one of the most scathing attacks on the retailer, William Bullitt, the aristocrat and diplomat, created a character based on Wanamaker in his novel about Philadelphia, It's Not Done.
092 subject : Wanamaker, John,--1838-1922, Businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography, Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Department stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, John Wanamaker (Firm)--History. Signpost Biography John Wanamaker Philadelphia Merchant Herbert Ershkowitz COMBINED PUBLISHING Pennsylvania Page 4 Disclaimer: Some images in the original hard copy book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. PUBLISHER'S NOTE The headquarters of Combined Publishing are located midway between Valley Forge and the Germantown battlefield, on the outskirts of Philadelphia.
Because of his strong ties to religion, he became known as a pious merchant. Nathan Straus. " Joseph Appel, who was associated with Wanamaker for the last 25 years of his life, maintained that Wanamaker had a great honesty and that his business methods were based on squareness and fairness. 19 Perhaps because people felt Wanamaker was being honest with them, they tended to trust him and feel secure in his presence. Playing upon these feelings, which were fortified by his warm and hospitable Page 20 personality, Wanamaker easily made friends, keeping many of his friendships from childhood into old age.