From Steam to Diesel : : Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry / / Albert Churella.
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 s...
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Churella, Albert, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut From Steam to Diesel : Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry / Albert Churella. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1998] ©1998 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Studies in Business and Technology Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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.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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Locomotive industry United States Management History 20th century. SCIENCE / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691027760 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400822683 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400822683 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400822683.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- 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 |
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