Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry

In jacket over black cloth with silver titling, 8vo, 274ppp. Internet pioneer Robert Kahn's copy - Signed and Inscribed By Author on free-front endpaper: "To Robert Kahn, with best wishes - Richard Hirsh - 11/3/93". Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9"

From Publisher:

After improving steadily for decades, the technology that brought unequalled productivity growth to the American electric utility industry appeared to stall in the late 1960s, making it impossible to mitigate the difficult economic and regulatory assaults of the 1970s. Unfortunately, most managers did not recognize the severity of the technological problems they faced and chose to focus instead on issues that appeared more manageable. Partly as a result of this lack of attention to technological issues, the industry found itself challenged by the prospects of deregulation and restructuring in the 1980s. This book focuses on the role of technological stagnation in the decline of the industry and argues that a long and successful history of managing a conventional technology set the stage for the industry's deterioration.

Product Info

ISBN: 0521364787

ISBN-13: 9780521364782

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Year: 1989

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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