TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knowles,Anthony J.
TI  - Driving Productivity: Automation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the United States and Germany 
T2  - Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
SN  - 9789004736719
AV  - D410 
U1  - 910.82 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - History
KW  - Social Sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Driving Productivity reconstructs the industrial histories of the American and German automotive industries in a new light. From the Fordist assembly line to Japanese lean production and Industry 4.0, Anthony J. Knowles critically examines major technical developments within the historical dynamics of capitalism. Both countries face the pressure to automate, transform labor, and increase efficiency, yet their responses differ due to divergent paradigms of integrating business, labor, and government. Driving Productivity makes the case that improving productivity is a never-ending process that becomes a compulsory social imperative that industries must respond to but are nevertheless responded to differently between countries
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004736719
ER  -