From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive IndustryPrinceton University Press, 3. aug. 1998 - 224 sider 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 technological change, particularly between the 1920s and the 1960s. Companies discussed include the American Locomotive Company (ALCo), the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Lima Locomotive Works, Fairbanks-Morse, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, and General Electric. |
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From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in ... Albert J. Churella Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1998 |