Technological Innovation And Economic Change In The Iron Industry 1850 1920

Author : Robert A. Battis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351359368

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Technological Innovation and Economic Change in the Iron Industry, 1850-1920 by Robert A. Battis Pdf

Originally published in 1989 this study examines some new facets in the development of the iron industry in the USA between 1839 and 1921 through the study of an individaul form, namely the Thoms Iron Company, one of the leading merchant furnace companies. It charts the end of the anthracite iron age and the changes which brought about the advent of open-hearth steel and integrated steel works. The book discusses the problems the managers of the firm faced with the appearance of industrial innovations which tended to undermine their firm's very existence and provided a new set of optimal conditions necessary for the survival of the firm. It provides a clear understanding of the destructive forces of industrial innovation and the place of creative entrepreneurship in the survival of the firm.

Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691198415

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Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870 by Charles K. Hyde Pdf

This book describes technological change in an industry that played a central role in the Indsutrial Revolution. While earlier scholars have examined isolated aspects of ironmaking in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, Charles Hyde surveys all aspects of its development. Costs, prices, profits, shrewd leaders, competition, new inventions, and productivity all figure in this story of a key industry during the major period of its evolution. The author's account illuminates not only the nature of innovation in one industry, but the nature of technologial change in general. using new data compiled form the records of the ironmaking concerns, Professor Hyde considers each of the basic economic variables affecting entrepreneurial decisions. He finds that ironmaking advanced through a process of gradual, continuous change rather than through a series of discrete innovations. The rate of diffusion of new techniques corresponded to their profitability when compared to that of existing means of production--a finding that explains that timing of innovation. Charles K. Hyde is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Monteith College, Wayne State University. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Nader Elhefnawy
Publisher : Nader Elhefnawy
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Geography, Technology and the Flux of Opportunity by Nader Elhefnawy Pdf

GEOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND THE FLUX OF OPPORTUNITY takes up the issue of the rise and decline of British economic predominance in modern times. In its analysis it emphasizes the interaction of geography with other economic, technological and political forces amid a context of other actors similarly shaped by such interactions. It argues for this as the driver of Britain's ascent as maritime, trading and colonial power, and its strongly related industrialization, as well as its decreasing competitiveness as other states were favored by their own geographical situations, and the opportunities the evolving economic and technological situation afforded.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015079635226

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Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : William David Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036641335

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The Diffusion of Technological Change in the Pennsylvania Pig Iron Industry, 1850-1870 by William David Walsh Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Technology
ISBN : UOM:39015081548482

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Technology and Culture by Anonim Pdf

Author : University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Geography
ISBN : UOM:39015079910785

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Current Geographical Publications by University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Library Pdf

Current Geographical Publications (CGP) is a non-profit service to the scholarly community initiated in 1938 by the American Geographical Society of New York. Beginning in 2006, the format changed to include the tables of contents of current geographical journals. The journal titles listed link to web pages or PDF scans of the current issue's contents.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business records
ISBN : UVA:X006062385

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Business Archives by Anonim Pdf

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026192943

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Bibliographic Guide to Business and Economics by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : John Raymond Harris,Economic History Society
Publisher : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Education
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040931623

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The British Iron Industry, 1700-1850 by John Raymond Harris,Economic History Society Pdf

Between 1700-1850 Britain moved from a situation in which she was unable to supply a large part of her home market to being the world's largest producer and exporter of iron. In this work, Professor Harris sets out to show how earlier views on the economic and technological development of the industry have been revised in the light of further research, and explains the subject for the student approaching it for the first time. Professor Harris is author of "The Copper King" and co-author of "A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution".

Author : Patrick O'Brien,Roland Quinault
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052143744X

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The Industrial Revolution and British Society by Patrick O'Brien,Roland Quinault Pdf

This text is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the first Industrial Revolution.

Author : Harry Kitsikopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317364870

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Innovation and Technological Diffusion by Harry Kitsikopoulos Pdf

This book deals with two key aspects of the history of steam engines, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution, specifically the road that led to its discovery and the process of diffusion of the early steam engines. The first part of the volume outlines the technological and scientific developments which took place between the 16th and 18th centuries, proving critical for the invention of this strategic technology. The most important question addressed is why did England come up with this innovation first as opposed to other countries (e.g., France, Italy), which were more advanced in terms of knowledge pertinent to it. The second part of the volume traces the process of diffusion of the early steam engines, the Newcomen model, through to 1773, the year prior to the first commercial application of the second generation of steam engines (the Watt model). The process of diffusion is quantified on the basis of a novel method before proceeding with a discussion of the main determinants of this process. Kitsikopoulos pulls together a large amount of relevant evidence found in primary sources and more technically oriented literature which is often ignored by economic historians. This book will be of interest to economic historians and historians of technology.

Author : Guan Quan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000245677

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Technological Innovation and Economic Development in Modern Japan by Guan Quan Pdf

As the first volume of the two-volume Industrial Development in Modern China: Comparisons with Japan that studies the different paths of industrialization and economic modernization between China and Japan, this book analyzes the relationship between technological innovation and economic development in Japan before World War II. The author deploys econometric analysis, multivariate statistical analysis and case studies from different industries to shed light on technological innovation in the Japanese context with particular emphasis on the importance of the patent system. A great deal of new inventions and patents in this period led to fast economic growth in Japan characterized by the simultaneous development of both traditional and modern industries. These insights help reshape the understanding of Japan's economic development and industrial advancement at an early stage and provide pointers to developing countries as to how human capital, social capabilities and thereby technological innovation can figure in economic growth. This volume will appeal to academics of the East Asian economy, development economics and modern economic history as well as general readers interested in the miracle of the Japanese economy as the first to achieve economic development and modernization among non-Western countries.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015015204509

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Hugh Chisholm Pdf

Author : Nuno Luis Madureira
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319049786

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Key Concepts in Energy by Nuno Luis Madureira Pdf

Organized around eight fundamental ideas, Key concepts in energy history explores the discoveries, technologies and new paradigms in the field of energy, and how they have changed the course of history. Complex technical concepts such as the “rebound effect”, “technological hybridization”, “marginal cost pricing” are explained in clear terms and a balanced and concise account of t energy sources in the XIX and XX century such as wood, coal, oil, hydroelectricity and nuclear energy is provided. Key concepts in energy considers the process of energy-substitutions and analyzes it as a process of complementary usages, hybridization and technological mixes. The ex-post view tends to focus on replacement from among alternative energy-technologies and is basically innovation-centric. This means that little attention has been given to factors such as the windows of opportunities created by governments, inventors and entrepreneurs. This book highlights how key energy concepts surfaced, tracing their evolution throughout history. It encompasses four economic concepts (rebound effect, energy intensity, marginal cost pricing and levelized cost accounting) and four technological-engineering concepts (primary/final energy, technological hybridization, last gasp and probable oil reserves). The main benefit from reading the book is a cross disciplinary overview of energy fundamentals in a short and focused reading.