How Did Great Companies Really Begin?
In short: From Singer's patent pool to the Dutch East India Company, Kodak and Ford, company histories show that an invention and a lasting business are often built by different people and different decisions, and business research adds that the best moment to enter a market is often not first.
A 2:12 short film in the series “How Did…?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Columbia University Press, “The World’s First Stock Exchange | Columbia University Press”; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History, “The Formative Years of the Modern Corporation: The Dutch East India Company VOC, 1602–1623 | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core”; Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution), “How Singer Won the Sewing Machine War”; The Henry Ford, “detail”; Library of Congress (Research Guides: This Month in Business History), “Research Guides: This Month in Business History: Ford Implements the Moving Assembly Line”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Brownie | camera | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money), “George Eastman | Kodak Camera, Photography & Film | Britannica Money”; UCLA Anderson School of Management (UCLA Anderson Review), “How First-Mover Advantage, Once Unquestioned, Lost Its Grip on Entrepreneurs and Business Researchers - UCLA Anderson Review”.
Sources used in this film
- Columbia University Press — The World’s First Stock Exchange | Columbia University Press · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History — The Formative Years of the Modern Corporation: The Dutch East India Company VOC, 1602–1623 | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution) — How Singer Won the Sewing Machine War · View →
- The Henry Ford — detail · View →
- Library of Congress (Research Guides: This Month in Business History) — Research Guides: This Month in Business History: Ford Implements the Moving Assembly Line · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Brownie | camera | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money) — George Eastman | Kodak Camera, Photography & Film | Britannica Money · View →
- UCLA Anderson School of Management (UCLA Anderson Review) — How First-Mover Advantage, Once Unquestioned, Lost Its Grip on Entrepreneurs and Business Researchers - UCLA Anderson Review · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Columbia University Press: The World’s First Stock Exchange | Columbia University Press
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History: The Formative Years of the Modern Corporation: The Dutch East India Company VOC, 1602–1623 | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution): How Singer Won the Sewing Machine War
- Also: The Henry Ford: detail
- Also: Library of Congress (Research Guides: This Month in Business History): Research Guides: This Month in Business History: Ford Implements the Moving Assembly Line
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Brownie | camera | Britannica
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money): George Eastman | Kodak Camera, Photography & Film | Britannica Money
- Also: UCLA Anderson School of Management (UCLA Anderson Review): How First-Mover Advantage, Once Unquestioned, Lost Its Grip on Entrepreneurs and Business Researchers - UCLA Anderson Review
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