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Territories of Profit: Communications, Capitalist Development, and the Innovative Enterprises of G. F. Swift and Dell Computer (Innovation and Technology in the World E)

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Territories of Profit compares Dell Computer, the dominant computer manufacturer of the late twentieth century, and G. F. Swift, the leading meatpacking firm of the late nineteenth century, to reveal how communications revolutions in different periods enabled businesses to innovate their operations, reorganize the structure of the firm, and reshape the geography of profit-making. By depicting the parallel experiences of Dell and Swift, which both deployed revolutionary communications technologies in their business systems and transformed patterns of development through their innovative advances, the book challenges simplified representations of the contemporary economy as historically unprecedented. Territories of Profit also incorporates information from interview sources within Dell to portray the “Dell Model” in ways never before revealed in existing studies of the PC maker.

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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 10, 2007 Type: User Review Excellent analysis

By emphasizing the use of communication and transport technology by Swift and Dell, Fields' arguments illustrate the impact of innovation in logistics, not only in the creation, but also in the distribution of goods and its territorial...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 01, 2006 Type: User Review Classic Historical Analysis

The author explains how information technology affected organization of production, profit structure, and regional economic structure. I myself would not come up with a comparative analysis of these two cases, Swift (a meatpacking firm with...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 25, 2004 Type: User Review Informative and intriguing

The author does a wonderful job of bringing together two firms that are seperated in time, space and industry and draws a rich tapestry of parallels between them. Strong recommendation for anyone interested in understanding how the...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 13, 2004 Type: User Review Pure idiocy

Unfortunately, author takes enormous liberties in connecting two terribly disparate entities. As a result, the book looses its credibility very quickly.
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