Otis
Giving Rise to the Modern City (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14528334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert M Vogel, Robert Vogel (0000-0001-5400-5024, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 431-433 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2002.0094 |
| OpenAlex | W1988015126 |
| Language | EN |
There are few industries in which one firm's name is so synonymous with a product as is the Otis name. Though the famed elevator (and escalator) builder never in its 150-year history was without competition—occasionally fierce—it has remained the world leader in its field. Odd, then, that Jason Goodwin's book is the first full-length company history
Advertising · Art · Art history · Business · Competition (biology) · Economic history · Economics · Elevator · Field (mathematics) · Genealogy · Management · Product (mathematics) · Elevator Systems and Control · Engineering · History · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |