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ABC and SRDS: The Evolution of Two Specialized Advertising Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Kenneth H. Myers
Kenneth H. Myers
Affiliation:
Chairman, Production Management Department, School of Business at Northwestern University
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Abstract

The advertising industry generated remarkably prompt responses, at both the institutional and individual level, to the opportunities and problems of growth. Once associationist activities had achieved a measure of industry self-regulation and self-analysis, individual entrepreneurs stepped in to offer specialized services that grew in value as the professional status of the parties concerned became established and differentiated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Business History Review , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1960 , pp. 302 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1960

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