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| Author: | Nightingale, P. |
| Title: | Capacity Utilization Revisited: Software, Control and the Growth of Large Technical Systems |
| Journal: | Industrial and Corporate Change
2003 : SEP, VOL.12:3, p. 477-517 |
| Index terms: | CAPACITY UTILIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper explains how a class of IT-intensive capital goods called control systems are used to co-ordinate the flow of goods, traffic, materials, funds, services or information through complex supply, production or distribution systems. The paper examines how they increase productivity by improving the utilization of installed capacity, creating economies of system that are distinct from the traditional economies of scale, speed and scope. The paper explains which sectors they are important in, and how innovation in control technologies relates to architectural changes in Large Technical Systems. |
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