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Author: Badiru, Adedeji Bodunde,,1952-,

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The digital hand：how computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cortada James W.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Automation > Economic aspects > United States.
Manufacturing industries > United States > Automation.
Transportation > United States > Automation.
Retail trade > United States > Automation.
Carrier Form: xvi, 494 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0195165888 (alk. paper)
Index Number: F471
CLC: F471.264
F517.12
F171.243
Call Number: F171.243/C827-1
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-474) and index.
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.

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