How did advancements in industrial technologies affect businesses during the late nineteenth century

An outburst of technological innovation in the late 19th century fueled this headlong economic growth. However the accompanying rise of the american Corporation and the advent of big business resulted in a concentration of the nation', makings productive capacities in fewer and fewer hands. Mechanization brought farming into the realm of big business as well making the United States the world's premier food producer - a position it has never surrendered.