Innovation As a Social Process - Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric

Zusammenfassung Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history! Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Editors' preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations used in footnotes; Introduction; 1. The cultivation of a scientific man; 2. Learning the craft of invention; 3. The Philadelphia partnership, 1879-80; 4. Frustration in New Britain, 1880-3; 5. Success in Lynn: the Thomson-Houston electric company, 1883-92; 6. Maintaining the organization: product development at General Electric, 1892-1900; Epilogue and conclusion; Index.

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• Authors: W. Bernard Carlson, W. Bernard (University of Virginia) Carlson, Carlson W. Bernard
• Assisted by: Louis Galambos (Editor), Robert Gallmam (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2003
• EAN: 9780521533126
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53312-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Studies in Economic History an; Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Electrical power generation and distribution industries, Electrical power industries