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How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada
| How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.0973 |
| Collana | The digital hand |
| Soggetto topico |
Automation - Economic aspects - United States
Manufacturing industries - United States - Automation Retail trade - United States - Automation Transportation - United States - Automation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4237-2634-0
9786610560301 1-60256-730-1 1-280-56030-4 0-19-803711-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications; 2. Digitizing the American Economy; 3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy; 4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries; 5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel, and Aerospace; 6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals; 7. Manufacturing Practices in Information Technology Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Disk Drives, and Software
8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy; 10. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of the Wholesale and Retail Industries; 11. Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries: Grocery, Apparel, and E-tailing; 12. Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy; Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 | ||
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How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada
| How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.0973 |
| Collana | The digital hand |
| Soggetto topico |
Automation - Economic aspects - United States
Manufacturing industries - United States - Automation Retail trade - United States - Automation Transportation - United States - Automation |
| ISBN |
0-19-029019-6
1-4237-2634-0 9786610560301 1-60256-730-1 1-280-56030-4 0-19-803711-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications; 2. Digitizing the American Economy; 3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy; 4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries; 5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel, and Aerospace; 6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals; 7. Manufacturing Practices in Information Technology Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Disk Drives, and Software
8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy; 10. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of the Wholesale and Retail Industries; 11. Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries: Grocery, Apparel, and E-tailing; 12. Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy; Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792268303321 |
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Cortada James W
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 | ||
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How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries / / James W. Cortada
| How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.0973 |
| Collana | The digital hand |
| Soggetto topico |
Automation - Economic aspects - United States
Manufacturing industries - United States - Automation Retail trade - United States - Automation Transportation - United States - Automation |
| ISBN |
0-19-029019-6
1-4237-2634-0 9786610560301 1-60256-730-1 1-280-56030-4 0-19-803711-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications; 2. Digitizing the American Economy; 3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy; 4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries; 5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel, and Aerospace; 6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals; 7. Manufacturing Practices in Information Technology Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Disk Drives, and Software
8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy; 10. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of the Wholesale and Retail Industries; 11. Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries: Grocery, Apparel, and E-tailing; 12. Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy; Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966936503321 |
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Cortada James W
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada
| How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information society
Information technology - Social aspects Internet - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
9786612491900
9781282491908 1282491903 9780470643938 0470643935 9780470643884 0470643889 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface ix -- 1 Introducing the Big Picture 1 -- The presence of information technology 2 -- Megatrends at work 7 -- How societies use technology to shape their world 19 -- Notes and references 24 -- 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast 27 -- Definitions and issues 29 -- Government-supported/private-sector-driven model 33 -- National champion model 37 -- Asian private-sector-driven model 39 -- Planned economy: public policy model 42 -- Industry-driven model 48 -- Corporate diffusion model 51 -- Application diffusion model 57 -- Technology-standards diffusion model 59 -- Patterns, practices, and implications 61 -- Notes and references 65 -- 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies 71 -- A brief historical reminder 72 -- Economic development in a connected world: the big picture 75 -- How governments use it to encourage economic development 77 -- What motivates governments to encourage their citizens and economies to use it? 91 -- Emerging strategies for the most advanced nations compared to rapidly advancing nations 96 -- The special role of labor 100 -- Global recession, twenty-first century style 102 -- Implications for public officials 106 -- Implications for business leaders 112 -- The way forward with policies and practices 116 -- Notes and references 122 -- 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use 129 -- The kinds of decisions made by managers 131 -- Types of justification 135 -- Managerial practices 138 -- Some possible less effective practices 143 -- Special role of industries 149 -- Path forward 151 -- Notes and references 157 -- 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age? 163 -- Why naming an age is a useful exercise and so hard to do 165 -- What historians can teach us about the process 167 -- The case against the information age 173 -- Can we coexist on the frontiers of a new age? 175 -- Lessons for management and a strategy for change 179 -- Concluding thoughts 185.
Notes and references 186 -- 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers 191 -- The rise of the computer scientist 192 -- Their role in modern society 197 -- When scientists and tech folk take things into their own hands 201 -- When technologists go green 204 -- Their future world 212 -- An old role made new 218 -- Notes and references 220 -- 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century 223 -- How to see the future of an industry 225 -- Knowing how information technology is evolving 233 -- A strategy for managers and public officials 240 -- Special role of the computer science community 247 -- The ultimate trend 252 -- Notes and references 254 -- 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay 257 -- The big picture 257 -- How computers spread around the world 259 -- Governments leveraging it for economic development 260 -- Deciding what technology to use 261 -- Living in the information age 263 -- Role of technologists 264 -- Into the twenty-first century 265 -- Index 267. |
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Cortada James W
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| Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information and the modern corporation [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada
| Information and the modern corporation [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Collana | MIT Press essential knowledge |
| Soggetto topico |
Knowledge management
Corporations Information resources management Information technology - Management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-29794-9
1-283-30286-1 9786613302861 0-262-29882-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Working the digital way -- Knowledge management-more corporate glue -- The informed supply chain -- New products and marketing in a digitized world -- Digital plumbing in the modern organization -- Structure of the modern organization -- The road ahead-the future of information. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464761603321 |
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Cortada James W
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information and the modern corporation / / James W. Cortada
| Information and the modern corporation / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Collana | The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
| Soggetto topico |
Knowledge management
Corporations Information resources management Information technology - Management |
| Soggetto non controllato |
INFORMATION SCIENCE/General
BUSINESS/Management |
| ISBN |
0-262-29794-9
1-283-30286-1 9786613302861 0-262-29882-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Working the digital way -- Knowledge management-more corporate glue -- The informed supply chain -- New products and marketing in a digitized world -- Digital plumbing in the modern organization -- Structure of the modern organization -- The road ahead-the future of information. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789461303321 |
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Cortada James W
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information and the modern corporation / / James W. Cortada
| Information and the modern corporation / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Collana | The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
| Soggetto topico |
Knowledge management
Corporations Information resources management Information technology - Management |
| ISBN |
9786613302861
9780262297943 0262297949 9781283302869 1283302861 9780262298827 0262298821 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Working the digital way -- Knowledge management-more corporate glue -- The informed supply chain -- New products and marketing in a digitized world -- Digital plumbing in the modern organization -- Structure of the modern organization -- The road ahead-the future of information. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910958681503321 |
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Cortada James W
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Into the networked age [[electronic resource] ] : how IBM and other firms are getting there now / / James W. Cortada, Thomas S. Hargraves, with Edward Wakin and an IBM team of consultants
| Into the networked age [[electronic resource] ] : how IBM and other firms are getting there now / / James W. Cortada, Thomas S. Hargraves, with Edward Wakin and an IBM team of consultants |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.7610040973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HargravesThomas S
WakinEdward |
| Soggetto topico |
Business networks
International business enterprises - Management Strategic alliances (Business) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-53017-0
0-19-535239-4 1-4294-0466-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors: The IBM Team; Chapter 1. The Challenge of Change, the Response of Transformation; Chapter 2. How the Rules of the Game Are Changing; Chapter 3. Making Customers into Partners; Chapter 4. Managing Knowledge: Issues and Implications; Chapter 5. How to Manage Knowledge; Chapter 6. The Leveraging of Knowledge; Chapter 7. The ""X"" Factor in Transformation; Chapter 8. Process Management in Action; Chapter 9. Working Partners: Strategy and Technology; Chapter 10. Technologies for Today and Tomorrow; Chapter 11. Leading the Way; Notes; Index; A; B; C
DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455211803321 |
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Cortada James W
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Into the networked age [[electronic resource] ] : how IBM and other firms are getting there now / / James W. Cortada, Thomas S. Hargraves, with Edward Wakin and an IBM team of consultants
| Into the networked age [[electronic resource] ] : how IBM and other firms are getting there now / / James W. Cortada, Thomas S. Hargraves, with Edward Wakin and an IBM team of consultants |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.7610040973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HargravesThomas S
WakinEdward |
| Soggetto topico |
Business networks
International business enterprises - Management Strategic alliances (Business) |
| ISBN |
1-280-53017-0
0-19-535239-4 1-4294-0466-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors: The IBM Team; Chapter 1. The Challenge of Change, the Response of Transformation; Chapter 2. How the Rules of the Game Are Changing; Chapter 3. Making Customers into Partners; Chapter 4. Managing Knowledge: Issues and Implications; Chapter 5. How to Manage Knowledge; Chapter 6. The Leveraging of Knowledge; Chapter 7. The ""X"" Factor in Transformation; Chapter 8. Process Management in Action; Chapter 9. Working Partners: Strategy and Technology; Chapter 10. Technologies for Today and Tomorrow; Chapter 11. Leading the Way; Notes; Index; A; B; C
DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778845303321 |
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Cortada James W
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living with Computers [[electronic resource] ] : The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow / / by James W. Cortada
| Living with Computers [[electronic resource] ] : The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow / / by James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer science
Computers and civilization Popular Computer Science Computers and Society |
| ISBN | 3-030-34362-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Why Listen to Me? Why You Should Take Seriously Your Own Knowledge of Computers -- What Is Computing? -- How Did We Get Here? -- Early Views of Computing -- How People View Computing Today -- How We Might See the End of the Information Age -- Life in a Post-Information Era -- Is It the End of Our World? How to Think About Implications and Challenges -- How to Live with Computers. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996465344703316 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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