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  From urban legends to political fact-checking: online scrutiny in America, 1990-2015
Aspray W., Cortada J., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 146 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030229-51-1)

In this fascinating five-chapter book, the authors discuss the history of online scrutiny in the US from 1990 to 2015. They review some basic frameworks of online communication; examine the role of online platforms such as Usenet and t...
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Jan 21 2020  
  IBM: the rise and fall and reinvention of a global icon
Cortada J., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2019. 752 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-262039-44-4)

This work explains that IBM’s success is due to its culture of “THINK,” more specifically to “think,” “learn,” and “take action,” based on data a...
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Sep 26 2019  
  How societies embrace information technology: lessons for management and the rest of us
Cortada J., Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. 272 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-470534-98-4)

This book discusses the history and role of information technology (IT) in modern societies, from the perspective and experiences of Cortada, a trained historian who works as a marketer, manager, and consultant at IBM....
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Sep 7 2010  
  The digital hand: how computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries
Cortada J., Oxford University Press, 2003.  Type: Book (9780195165883)

In 1776, Adam Smith published An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. In that seminal book on economics, he described the “invisible hand” of self-interest, guiding the economy of a na...
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Dec 28 2004  

   
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