How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries
James W. Cortada
| Year of publication: |
c 2004
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| Authors: | Cortada, James W. |
| Published in: |
The digital hand ; Vol. [1]
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| Publisher: |
Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Industrie | Manufacturing industries | Einzelhandel | Retail trade | USA | Automation | Sozialgeschichte |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XVI, 494 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-474) and index Arrival of digital technologies and their applicationsDigitizing the American economy -- Presence and role of manufacturing industries in the American economy -- Business patterns and digital applications in the transformation of manufacturing industries -- Patterns and practices in three traditional manufacturing industries : automotive, steel and aerospace -- Patterns and practices in three process industries : petroleum, chemical, and pharmaceuticals -- Business practices and digital applications in information technology industries : semiconductors, hard drives, and software -- Business practices and digital applications in the transformation of transportation industries : trains and trucks -- Presence of wholesale and retail industries in the American economy -- Business patterns and digital applications in the transformation of wholesale and retail industries -- Patterns and practices in three retail industries : grocery, apparel, e-tailing. Literaturangaben |
| ISBN: | 0-19-516588-8 |
| Classification: | Sozialgeschichte ; USA ; Automatisierungstechnik ; Technologische Faktoren |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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