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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James W Cortada |
| ISBN: | 0195165888 9780195165883 |
| OCLC Number: | 52377455 |
| Description: | xvi, 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 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. |
| Other Titles: | How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries |
| Responsibility: | James W. Cortada. |
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Abstract:
In 'The Digital Hand', James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in 16 industries, accounting for nearly half of the US economy.
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<br>"This book is by any standard an outstanding contribution to the field. . . there is a huge value in his richly detailed narrative. This set of books will be the standard source on demand-side computing for perhaps a generation. --Martin Campbell-Kelly, Business History Review<p><br>"Cortada has perhaps the deepest understandind of the growing and changing impact of computers in society--this series is off to a strong start as a definitive treatment of their roles in specific economic sectors."--Communication Booknotes Quarterly<p><br> Read more...
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