From Steam to Diesel : Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry /

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This overview of the leading locomotive producers in the United States during the twentieth century shows how they responded to a radical technological change: the replacement of steam locomotives by diesels. The locomotive industry provides a valuable case study of business practices and dramatic s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Churella, Albert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Edición:Core Textbook
Colección:Princeton Studies in Business and Technology
Temas:
Locomotive industry > United States > Management > History > 20th century.
SCIENCE / History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Steam vs. Diesel: Capabilities and Requirements of a Radically New Technology
  • II. Internal-Combustion Railcars: Springboard to Participation in the Diesel Locomotive Industry
  • III. First-Mover Advantages and the Decentralized Corporation
  • IV. ALCo and Baldwin: Established Companies, New Technologies
  • V. Policy and Production during World War II
  • VI. Postwar Dieselization and Industry Shakeout
  • VII. The Era of Oligopoly
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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