Proposals with the advent of mechanized textile industry in the United States, and with it the nation's first factory. Considers the introduction of a small spinning mills in Rhode Island, and the appearance of large integrated spinning and weaving factories in Massachusetts. These core business and technological innovation are better represented by comparing the ways in which each set of enterprises were financed, of the process of production, commodity market, skilled labor, and managed their businesses. Based in part on cases NSB Gras T.R. Navin. "Hide
by Thomas K. McCraw Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: July 30, 1991. Prod. #: 792008-PDF-ENG
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