Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 933 g
How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries
Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 933 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-516588-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
In The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in sixteen industries, accounting for nearly half of the U.S. economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influenced other industries and the U.S economy. In addition, to this account of computers' impact on industry, Cortada also demonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, economists, and anyone interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis of digital technology's many roles and its future possibilities in a wide array of industries. A detailed picture of what the infrastructure of the Information Age really looks like and how we got there, The Digital Hand is a sweeping survey of how computers transformed the American economy.
Zielgruppe
Professionals and academics interested in business history, as well as graduate and undergraduate students in business and economic history classes, management classes in MBA programs, and history of computing courses.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Sonstige Fertigungsindustrien
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- 1: Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications
- 2: Digitizing the American Economy
- 3: Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy
- 4: Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries
- 5: Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel and Aerospace
- 6: Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals
- 7: Business Practices and Digital Applications in Information Age Manufacturing Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Drives, and Software
- 8: Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks
- 9: Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy
- 10: Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Wholesale and Retail Industries
- 11: Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries: Grocery, Apparel, e-Tailing
- 12: Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy
- Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry
- Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)
- Bibliographic Essay
