The digital hand. Volume II, How computers changed the work of American financial, telecommunications, media, and entertainment industries

The digital hand. Volume II, How computers changed the work of American financial, telecommunications, media, and entertainment industries / James W. Cortada.

This second volume of 'The Digital Hand' 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cortada, James W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Digital hand ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Information technology > Economic aspects > United States > Case studies.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > United States > Case studies.
Business > Data processing > Case studies.
Business > Data processing
Information technology > Economic aspects
Technological innovations > Economic aspects
United States
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • Role of financial industries in the U.S. economy
  • Uses of computing in the banking industry
  • Deployment of digital and telecommunications applications in the banking industry
  • Business patterns and digital applications in the insurance industry
  • Business patterns and digital applications in the brokerage industry
  • Role of telecommunications industries in the U.S. economy
  • Business patterns and digital applications in the telecommunications industry
  • Role of media and entertainment industries in the U.S. economy
  • Digital applications in print media industries: book publishing, newspapers, magazines
  • Digital applications in electronic media industries: radio and tv
  • Digital applications in entertainment industries : movies and recorded music
  • Digital applications in entertainment industries : video games and photography
  • Conclusions: lessons learned, implications for management.

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