The Magnetic Telegraph, Price and Quantity Data, and the New Management of Capital

The contribution to growth of telegraphic- as opposed to rail-speed transmission of financial asset and commodity price data remains unclear. With more certainty we can identify savings in the holdings of real capital-savings made possible by the use of the telegraph at the firm level to implement tight systems of logistical control

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Field, Alexander James
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Journal of Economic History, Vol. 52, pp. 401-413, June 1992
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; N71 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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