In a pioneering work, Jeffrey Fear overturns the dominant understanding of German management as "backward" relative to the U.S. and uncovers an autonomous and sophisticated German managerial tradition. Beginning with founder August Thyssen--the Andrew Carnegie of Germany--Fear traces the...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Thyssen & Co., 1871-1914 -- 1 August Thyssen, Victorian Entrepreneur -- 2 If I Rest, I Rust -- 3 Creating Management -- 4 Accounting for Control -- 5 Sustaining Innovation -- II. The Thyssen-Konzern,...