| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
The digital hand./ James W. Cortada. |
| remainder title: |
How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries |
| Author: |
Cortada, James W. |
| Published: |
Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : c2004., |
| Description: |
xvi, 494 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Automation - Economic aspects - United States. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=140552An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
1423726340 (electronic bk.) |