Author: Hirsh, Richard F.
Title: Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1989). orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 23x15cm, xiv,274 pp. Textual graphs & tables.. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: Progress & Culture; Managerial & Technological Foundations; Establishment of a Management Culture; Manufacturers & Technological Progress Before World War II; Postwar Strategies of Utilities & Manufacturers; Utilities' Role in Technological Progress; The Mid-1960s: At the Pinnacle of Success; Stasis; Technical Limits to Progress in the 1960s & 1970s; Design Deficiencies & Faulty Technology; Maelstroms & Management Malaise; Criticisms of Utility Research & Development; The Mid-1970s: Near the Bottom; Accomodating Stasis: Understanding Values: The Basis for a New Consensus; The Search for New Technology; Conclusion: History & the Management of Technology; Appendices. Models of Technological Progress & "Stasis"; The Efficiency of Electric Power Plants.

Keywords: Electricity Supply Industry, Electric Utilities, Utility Economics, Industrial Economy, Economic History, Technological, Technology, Innovation, United States