LEADER 04443nam 2200673 a 450 001 996201182303316 005 20230421041342.0 010 $a1-282-75351-7 010 $a9786612753510 010 $a1-4008-2268-8 010 $a1-4008-1123-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822683 035 $a(CKB)111056486501382 035 $a(EBL)581571 035 $a(OCoLC)700688479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159029 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159029 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150959 035 $a(PQKB)11110868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581571 035 $a(OCoLC)52223415 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36137 035 $a(DE-B1597)446165 035 $a(OCoLC)979905076 035 $a(OCoLC)984658150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581571 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031977 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275351 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486501382 100 $a19971217d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom steam to diesel$b[electronic resource] $emanagerial customs and organizational capabilities in the twentieth-century American locomotive industry /$fAlbert J. Churella 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in business and technology 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 1994. 311 $a0-691-02776-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-211) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tI. Steam vs. Diesel: Capabilities and Requirements of a Radically New Technology --$tII. Internal-Combustion Railcars: Springboard to Participation in the Diesel Locomotive Industry --$tIII. First-Mover Advantages and the Decentralized Corporation --$tIV. ALCo and Baldwin: Established Companies, New Technologies --$tV. Policy and Production during World War II --$tVI. Postwar Dieselization and Industry Shakeout --$tVII. The Era of Oligopoly --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis overview of the leading locomotive producers in the United States during the twentieth century shows how they responded to a radical technological change: the replacement of steam locomotives by diesels. The locomotive industry provides a valuable case study of business practices and dramatic shifts in innovation patterns, since two companies--General Motors and General Electric--that had no traditional ties to locomotive production demolished established steam locomotive manufacturers. Albert Churella uses many previously untapped sources to illustrate how producers responded to technological change, particularly between the 1920's and the 1960's. Companies discussed include the American Locomotive Company (ALCo), the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Lima Locomotive Works, Fairbanks-Morse, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, and General Electric. A comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does, and does superbly, is to demonstrate how managers addressed radical shifts in technology and production methods. Churella reveals that managerial culture and corporate organizational routines, more than technological competency per se, allowed some companies to succeed, yet constrained the actions of others. He details the shift from small-batch custom manufacturing techniques in the steam locomotive industry to mass-production methods in the diesel locomotive industry. He also explains that chance events and fortuitous technological linkages helped to shape competitive patterns in the locomotive industry. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in business and technology. 606 $aLocomotive industry$zUnited States$xManagement$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aLocomotive industry$xManagement$xHistory 676 $a338.4/762526/0973 700 $aChurella$b Albert J.$f1964-$0920974 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996201182303316 996 $aFrom steam to diesel$92065666 997 $aUNISA