Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry

Name: Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry
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ISBN: 9780521524711

ISBN-10: 0521524717

ISBN-13: 9780521524711

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard F. Hirsh

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This book illuminates the role of technological stagnation in the decline of the American electric utility industry in the late 1960s and 1970s. Unlike other interpreters of the industrys woes, Professor Hirsh argues that a long and successful history of managing a conventional technology set the stage for the industrys deterioration. After improving steadily for decades, the technology that brought unequalled productivity growth to the industry appeared to stall in the late 1960s, making it impossible to mitigate the economic and regulatory assaults of the 1970s. Unfortunately, most managers did not recognize (or did not want to believe) the severity of the technological problems they…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgment of financial support


Introduction



Progress and Culture



Managerial and technological foundations



Establishment of a management culture



Manufacturers and technological progress before World War II



Postwar strategies of utilities and manufacturers



Utilities' role in technological progress



The mid-1960s: at the pinnacle of success



Stasis



Technical limits to progress in the 1960s and 1970s



Design deficiencies and faulty technology



Maelstroms and management malaise



Criticisms of utility research and development



The mid-1970s: near the bottom



Accommodating Stasis



Understanding values: the basis for a new consensus



The search for new technology



Conclusion



History and the management of technology


Appendices


Bibliographic note


Notes


Index