:how computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries
First Statement of Responsibility
/ by James W. Cortada
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York
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: Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 494 p.
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: ill. ; 24 cm.
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e
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-474) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Arrival of digital technologies and their applications -- Digitizing 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 age manufacturing 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.