In praise of hard industries : why manufacturing, not the information economy, is the key to future...
In praise of hard industries : why manufacturing, not the information economy, is the key to future...
In praise of hard industries : why manufacturing, not the information economy, is the key to future prosperity / Eamonn Fingleton.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N338.4767/10
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English
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273 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Postindustrialism Versus Manufacturing. 1. Three Strikes Against the New Economy -- II. Postindustrialism's Drawbacks. 2. A Hard Look at Computer Software. 3. Finance: A Cuckoo in the Economy's Nest. 4. From Cyberspace to Tinseltown -- III. Manufacturing's Advantages. 5. A Showcase of Manufacturi...
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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"In this challenge to conventional wisdom, Eamonn Fingleton takes aim at the information economy's claim to have superseded manufacturing as the engine of America's future prosperity. Fingleton exposes startling flaws in the current view that the United States can be preeminent in the global economy by focusing exclusively on so-called postindustri...
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In praise of hard industries : why manufacturing, not the information economy, is the key to future prosperity / Eamonn Fingleton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-251) and index.
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N338.4767/10
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0395899680
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338.4767
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991012120469702626
