From steam to diesel : managerial customs and organizational capabilities in the twentieth-century American locomotive industry /
A comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does is to demonstrate how managers addressed radical shifts in technology and production...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Princeton studies in business and technology.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=78392 |
| Summary: | A comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does is to demonstrate how managers addressed radical shifts in technology and production methods. Churella reveals that managerial culture and corporate organizational routines, more than technological competency per se, allowed some companies to succeed, yet constrained the actions of others. He details the shift from small-batch custom manufacturing techniques in the steam locomotive industry to mass-production methods in the diesel locomotive industry. He also explains that chance events and fortuitous technological linkages helped to shape competitive patterns in the locomotive industry. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1994. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691027760 0691027765 9781400811236 1400811236 9781400822683 1400822688 |