Is new technology enough? : making and remaking U.S. basic industries /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ; Lanham, Md. : UPA [distributor], c1988.
Description:	xiii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	AEI studies 475
Subject:	Industries -- United States Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States. Competition -- United States Competition. Economic history. Industries. Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001 United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/942357

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Other authors / contributors:	Hicks, Donald A.
ISBN:	0844736597 (alk. paper) 0844736600 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	"Competing in a changing world economy project." Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Contributors
1. Introduction and Overview
Notes
2. The Machine Tool Industry: The Crumbling Foundation
Notes
3. The U.S. Automotive Industry: Technology and Competitiveness
Notes
4. The U.S. Steel Industry: Strategic Choices in A Basic Industry
Summary
5. Textiles and Apparel: A Basic Industry for A Basic Need
Notes
6. Advanced Ceramics: Restoring U.S. Competitiveness Through Technology Diffusion
Conclusion
7. Fiber Optics: Technology Diffusion and Industrial Competitiveness
Conclusion
Notes
Index
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
A Note on the Book

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