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Science and Corporate Strategy
Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980
Av David A. Hounshell, John Kenly Smith Jr
Häftad, 2006
838 kr
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Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 provides a comprehensive, critical study of research and development in a large US corporation. Du Pont was among a handful of US corporations that …
Crisis in the Making
The Political Economy of New York State since 1945
Av Peter D. McClelland, Alan L. Magdovitz
Häftad, 2009
787 kr
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This book examines in detail the fiscal and more general economic crisis of New York State and City. The authors show that the crisis was as much the fruit of political manoeuvering as it was the outcome of long-term economic trends and fiscal ineptitude. The book examines the roots of fiscal …
Drastic Measures
A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States
Av Hugh Rockoff
Inbunden, 1984
1610 kr
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This is a history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to Richard Nixon's experiment with controls in the 1970s. It explores the impact of controls on prices and productivity, side-effects such as the growth of black markets and the expansion of government, and the …
Europe, America, and the Wider World: Volume 2, America and the Wider World
Essays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism
Inbunden, 1991
1861 kr
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This volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American agricultural and industrial history, including some previously unpublished essays. Taken as a whole, these essays give an account of why and how the United States grew rich in the nineteenth century, as well as a background against …
Energy Policy in America since 1945
A Study of Business-Government Relations
Inbunden, 1984
1928 kr
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In the political economy of energy, World War II was a significant watershed: it accelerated the transition from dependence on coal to petroleum and natural gas. At the same time, mobilization provided an unprecedented experience in the management of energy markets by a forced partnership of …
Europe, America, and the Wider World: Volume 2, America and the Wider World
Essays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism
Av William N. Parker, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
670 kr
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This volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American agricultural and industrial history, including some previously unpublished essays. Taken as a whole, these essays give an account of why and how the United States grew rich in the nineteenth century, as well as a background against …
Europe, America, and the Wider World: Volume 1, Europe and the World Economy
Essays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism
Av William Nelson Parker, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1984
586 kr
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Taken together, the essays in this volume offer a particular, yet comprehensive, view of the economic history of Western Europe since the Renaissance. The focus is wide and the level of treatment deep. Between 1550 and 1940, Professor Parker contends, the development of European capitalism was, in …
The State and the Unions
Av Christopher L. Tomlins, Louis Galambos
Häftad, 1985
502 kr
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This book was first published in 1985. The enactment of the Wagner National Labor Relations Act in 1935 gave organized labor what it has regarded ever since as one of its greatest assets: a legislative guarantee of the right of American workers to organize and bargain collectively. Yet while the …
The Business of Research
RCA and the VideoDisc
Inbunden, 1986
1677 kr
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The story of the RCA VideoDisc is a rare inside look at a company and the way it conducts the complex process of science-based innovation. For nearly fifty years the RCA name was synonymous with innovation in the industries it helped to build - radio and television broadcasting and manufacturing, …
Science and Corporate Strategy
Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980
Av David A. Hounshell, John Kenly Smith Jr
Inbunden, 1988
1425 kr
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Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 provides a comprehensive, critical study of research and development in a large US corporation. Du Pont was among a handful of US corporations that …
Thinking about Growth
And Other Essays on Economic Growth and Welfare
Av Moses Abramovitz, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
2029 kr
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The essays in this book explore the forces behind modern economic growth and, in particular, the causes of the extraordinary surge of growth since the Second World War. The introductory essay is an extended treatment of how economists now view the growth process and its causes. Other essays …
Energy Policy in America since 1945
A Study of Business-Government Relations
Häftad, 1987
566 kr
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In the political economy of energy, World War II was a significant watershed: it accelerated the transition from dependence on coal to petroleum and natural gas. At the same time, mobilization provided an unprecedented experience in the management of energy markets by a forced partnership of …
Economic Development, the Family, and Income Distribution
Selected Essays
Av Simon Kuznets, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
2432 kr
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This is a collection of essays by Simon Kuznets, winner of the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, published posthumously. It represents the primary concerns of his research at a late phase of his career, as well as themes from his earlier work. The first four chapters deal with 'modern …
The Business of Research
RCA and the VideoDisc
Av Margaret B. W. Graham, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
468 kr
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The story of the RCA VideoDisc is a rare inside look at a company and the way it conducts the complex process of science-based innovation. For nearly fifty years the RCA name was synonymous with innovation in the industries it helped to build - radio and television broadcasting and manufacturing, …
The Marshall Plan
America, Britain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952
Av Michael J. Hogan, Louis Galambos
Häftad, 1989
619 kr
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Michael Hogan shows how The Marshall Plan was more than an effort to put American aid behind the economic reconstruction of Europe. American officials hoped to refashion Western Europe into a smaller version of the integrated single-market and mixed capitalist economy that existed in the United …
The Great Depression
Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929-1939
Av Michael A. Bernstein, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
435 kr
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This 1988 book focuses on the real puzzle of 1930s America: why did the economy fail to recover from the downturn of 1929-33? The author presents a convincing case that there were important long-run tendencies within the economy that are crucial to understanding this failure. From a wealth of …
Innovation as a Social Process
Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric
Inbunden, 1991
1861 kr
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Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history, Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. His inventions included arc and …
Thinking about Growth
And Other Essays on Economic Growth and Welfare
Av Moses Abramovitz, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
737 kr
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The essays in this book explore the forces behind modern economic growth and, in particular, the causes of the extraordinary surge of growth since the Second World War. The introductory essay is an extended treatment of how economists now view the growth process and its causes. Other essays …
Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity
Inbunden, 1994
1610 kr
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Since the 1930s when the government began active regulation, US agriculture has undergone a revolution in productivity. Sally Clarke explains how government activity, from support for research to price supports and farm credit programs, created a climate favorable to rapid gains in productivity. …
Manufacturing Knowledge
A History of the Hawthorne Experiments
Av Richard Gillespie, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
468 kr
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What motivates workers to work harder? What can management do to create a contented and productive workforce? Discussion of these questions would be incomplete without reference to the Hawthorne experiments, one of the most famous pieces of research ever conducted in the social and behavioural …
Economic Development, the Family, and Income Distribution
Selected Essays
Av Simon Kuznets, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
653 kr
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This is a collection of essays by Simon Kuznets, winner of the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, published posthumously. It represents the primary concerns of his research at a late phase of his career, as well as themes from his earlier work. The first four chapters deal with 'modern …
Drastic Measures
A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States
Av Hugh Rockoff, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
569 kr
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This is a history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to Richard Nixon's experiment with controls in the 1970s. It explores the impact of controls on prices and productivity, side-effects such as the growth of black markets and the expansion of government, and the …
The Making of American Industrial Research
Science and Business at GE and Bell, 1876-1926
Av Leonard S. Reich, Louis Galambos
Häftad, 2002
569 kr
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This book tells the story of how and why industrial research was established in America by two large and innovative corporations: General Electric, formed in a merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston in 1892, and the dominant force in the American electrical industry ever since; and …
Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity
Av Sally H. Clarke, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
468 kr
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Since the 1930s when the government began active regulation, US agriculture has undergone a revolution in productivity. Sally Clarke explains how government activity, from support for research to price supports and farm credit programs, created a climate favorable to rapid gains in productivity. …
Innovation as a Social Process
Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric
Av W. Bernard Carlson, Louis Galambos m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
569 kr
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Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history, Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. His inventions included arc and …
Gas Pipelines and the Emergence of America's Regulatory State
A History of Panhandle Eastern Corporation, 1928-1993
Av Christopher J. Castaneda, Clarance M. Smith
Inbunden, 1996
1626 kr
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The study of Panhandle Eastern's history shows the relationship between regulatory policy and the modern corporation in the twentieth century from a unique perspective, for it extends over three eras in the growth of its industry and the US political economy. The first era, in which the interstate …
Gas Pipelines and the Emergence of America's Regulatory State
A History of Panhandle Eastern Corporation, 1928-1993
Av Christopher J. Castaneda, Clarance M. Smith
Häftad, 2003
569 kr
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The study of Panhandle Eastern's history shows the relationship between regulatory policy and the modern corporation in the twentieth century from a unique perspective, for it extends over three eras in the growth of its industry and the US political economy. The first era, in which the interstate …
