The Co-Evolution of Technology and Structures: The European Major Home Appliance Industry, 1945-1992 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Sobrero, Maurizio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332255388 ISBN 13: 9781332255382

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Co-Evolution of Technology and Structures: The European Major Home Appliance Industry, 1945-1992

Second, despite the changes on the producers side, which were reflected in the consumer market through substantial price reductions, wider choice and brand proliferation, inter-country differences still remain quite consistent. The market of washing machines is a good example of such differences. Considering the two main product features of a washing machine, spin-speed and loading, European consumers still strongly differ in preferences, reflecting historical tendencies and habits and demonstrating resistance to the homogenization of consumption patterns (baden Fuller St0pford, In France, top-loading models account for roughly 70% of the market, while in the rest of Europe they are mainly considered as niche markets. Northern countries prefer higher spin-speeds, between 600 and 800 rpm, most likely expressing the need for more effective spinning cycle to reduce drying times. On the contrary, southern countries address their choices towards front-loading machines with lower spin-speed and are still resistant to drying functions.

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Excerpt from The Co-Evolution of Technology and Structures: The European Major Home Appliance Industry, 1945-1992 The co-evolution of technology and organizational structures is discussed through an historical analysis of the European Major Home Appliances industry and is related to the dynamics of selection processes, where geographically localized competition leads to local concentration, which in turn increases global competition and triggers global concentration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332255388
• ISBN 13: 9781332255382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 37