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Zusatztext Cortada is one of the premier-and most prolific-of computer historians and covers nooks and crannies that many others miss. Given the present centrality of computers in virtually everything, Cortada is becoming the recorder of a very important transformation in American (and most world) business. Klappentext The Digital Hand, Volume 2, is a historical survey of how computers and telecommunications have been deployed in over a dozen industries in the financial, telecommunications, media and entertainment sectors over the past half century. It is past of a sweeping three-volume description of howmanagement in some forty industries embraced the computer and changed the American economy. Computers have fundamentally changed the nature of work in America. However it is difficult to grasp the full extent of these changes and their implications for the future of business. To begin the longprocess of understanding the effects of computing in American business, we need to know the history of how computers were first used, by whom and why. In this, the second volume of The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview ofcomputing's and telecomunications' role in over a dozen industries, ranging from Old Economy sectors like finance and publishing to New Economy sectors like digital photography and video games. He also devotes considerable attention to the rapidly changing media and entertainment industries whichare now some of the most technologically advanced in the American economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influencedother industries and the US economy as a whole. He builds on the surveys presented in the first volume of the series, which examined sixteen manufacturing, process, transportation, wholesale and retail industries. Inaddition to this account, of computers' impact on industries, Cortada alsodemonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, historians and others interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis Zusammenfassung The Digital Hand! Volume 2 is an historical survey of how computers and telecommunications have been deployed in over a dozen industries in the financial! telecommunications! media! and entertainment sectors over the past half century. It is part of a sweeping three-volume description of how management in some forty industries embraced the computer and changed the American economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Role of Financial Industries in the U.S. Economy 2: Uses of Computing in the Banking Industry 3: Deployment of Digital and Telecommunications Applications in the Banking Industry 4: Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Insurance Industry 5: Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Brokerage Industry 6: Role of Telecommunications Industries in the U.S. Economy 7: Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Telecommunication Industry 8: Role of Media and Entertainment Industries in the U.S. Economy 9: Uses of Computing in Print Media Industries: Book Publishing, Newspapers, Magazines 10: Digital Applications in Electronic Media Industries: Movies and Recorded Music 11: Digital Applications in Entertainment Industries: Video Games and Photography 12: Conclusions: Lessons Learned, Implications for Management Appendix A: Role and Use of Industries, Sectors, and Economic Models as Concepts for Understanding Business and Economic Activities Appendix B: How a Telephone Works and the Basics of Telecommunications and Networking Notes Bibliographic Essay Index ...
