The Productive Edge: How U. S. Industries Are Pointing the Way to a New Era of Economic Growth

by Richard K. Lester

Book Overview

Recently, significant new productivity gains have been reported in important industries, both old and new. What is it about such industries, and individual firms in those industries, that has enabled them to regain their productive edge? In this book, a leading authority on this crucial issue searches five recent success stories--in automobiles, steel, semiconductors, electric power generation, and cellular communication--for clues to shape a new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393045749
• ISBN13: 9780393045741
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"