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Author Dolan, Brian.

Title Wedgwood : the first tycoon / Brian Dolan.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2004.

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 Moore Stacks  NK4210.W4 D65 2004    Available  ---
Description xvii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-388) and index.
Summary Wedgwood has been one of the most recognizable brand names in the world for more than two hundred years--the epitome of quality and luxury--and is also the Enlightenment's most remarkable success story. Born into a poor family of potters, Josiah Wedgwood amassed a fortune that would today make him a billionaire, and created a multinational corporate empire. He combined rationality with bold experimentation, revolutionizing the business model of his time with a series of innovations: organizing skilled labor in one of the world's earliest factories; encouraging employee loyalty by offering long-term contracts that included health insurance and pension plans; and changing the very notion of shopping by utilizing showrooms and traveling salesmen.
Subject Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
Potters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Potters.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Industrialists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Industrialists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0670033464 acid-free paper