TY  - GEN
T1  - From Steam to Diesel : Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry.
A1  - Churella, Albert J., 1964-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn700688479
AB  - 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 shifts in innovation patterns, since two companies--General Motors and General Electric--that had no traditional ties to locomotive production demolished established steam locomotive manufacturers. Albert Churella uses many previously untapped sources to illustrate how producers responded to technolo.
OP  - 224
CN  - HD9712.U52C48 1998
SN  - 9781400822683
SN  - 1400822688
SN  - 9780691027760
KW  - Locomotive industry : United States : Management : History : 20th century.
KW  - Locomotives : Industrie : États-Unis : Gestion : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - SCIENCE : History.
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -