Technological change and materials consumption in U.S. iron and steel manufacturing: An assessment of some environmental impacts

Human Ecology ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-30
Author(s):  
Gerhard Rosegger
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Steel Manufacturing

Technological Effects of Metallurgical Industry Restructuring in Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 187-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Gajdzik ◽  
Krystian Janiszewski
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Open Hearth ◽  
Metallurgical Industry ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Industry Restructuring ◽  
Steel Manufacturing

The publication presents changes occurring in technological processes of producing steel after transformation of economic system in Poland after year 1989 and conducted repair programs within restructuring of metallurgical industry of iron and steel. Changes were based on withdrawals of economically unprofitable technologies, including open hearth furnaces through expansion of electrical and converter technologies of steel manufacturing up to activities which were connected with changing the profile of manufactured assortment.

The Impact of Technological Change on Incentive Provision

2009 ◽  
pp. 5-36
Author(s):  
Maurizio Lisciandra
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Agency Problem ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Incentive Pay ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Piece Rate ◽  
The Impact

- The simple trade-off between incentive and risk, which is crucial to the agency problem, is not a sufficient explanation for the ineffectiveness of a specific output-related pay such as the contract system adopted in the US iron and steel industry during the second half of the nineteenth-century. The high rate of technological innovation along with workers' extensive bargaining power made output-related pay a sub-optimal solution. This stylised fact unveils the conflicting nature of piece-rate pay compared to fixed pay as new technology is introduced and stimulates an analysis of the interaction between technological change, bargaining powers, and payment systems which can be conducive to a better understanding of the agency problem and the use of incentive pay. Key words: Incentive Contracts, Inside Contracting, Unions, Technological Change. JEL Classification: J33, J51, N31, O33

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