1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990010063330403321

Titolo

Kleinere mittelhochdeutsche Erzählungen, Fabeln und Lehrgedichte : die Melker Handschrift / hrsg. von Albert Leitzmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dublin : Weidmann, 1970

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 55 p., [1] tav. ; 21 cm

Collana

Deutsche Texte des Mittelalters ; 4

Disciplina

831.2

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

831.2 LEI 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388964803316

Autore

Low Henry <fl. 1554-1574.>

Titolo

1574, an alm[a]nacke and progno[sti]cation for the yer[e] of our Lord God M.D.lxxiiii .. [[electronic resource] /] / composed and calculated ... by Maister Henry Lowe .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l., : R. Watkins and J. Roberts, 1574]

Descrizione fisica

[4+] p

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Ephemerides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Publishers suggested by STC (2nd ed.).

Imperfect: fragment; torn, with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910172247103321

Autore

Churella Albert J. <1964->

Titolo

From steam to diesel : managerial customs and organizational capabilities in the twentieth-century American locomotive industry / / Albert J. Churella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c1998

ISBN

9786612753510

9781282753518

1282753517

9781400822683

1400822688

9781400811236

1400811236

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Princeton studies in business and technology

Disciplina

338.4/762526/0973

Soggetti

Locomotive industry - United States - Management - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Steam vs. Diesel: Capabilities and Requirements of a Radically New Technology -- II. Internal-Combustion Railcars: Springboard to Participation in the Diesel Locomotive Industry -- III. First-Mover Advantages and the Decentralized Corporation -- IV. ALCo and Baldwin: Established Companies, New Technologies -- V. Policy and Production during World War II -- VI. Postwar Dieselization and Industry Shakeout -- VII. The Era of Oligopoly -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 1920's and the 1960's. 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. A comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does, and does superbly, is to demonstrate how managers addressed radical shifts in technology and production methods. Churella reveals that managerial culture and corporate organizational routines, more than technological competency per se, allowed some companies to succeed, yet constrained the actions of others. He details the shift from small-batch custom manufacturing techniques in the steam locomotive industry to mass-production methods in the diesel locomotive industry. He also explains that chance events and fortuitous technological linkages helped to shape competitive patterns in the locomotive industry.