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Author Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007.

Title Inventing the electronic century : the epic story of the consumer electronics and computer industries : with a new preface / Alfred D. Chandler Jr., with the assistance of Takashi Hikino and Andrew von Nordenflycht
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrations
Series Harvard studies in business history ; 47
Harvard studies in business history ; 47.
Contents Introduction: Concepts and approach. -- Consumer electronics: the United States -- the creation and destruction of a national industry. -- Consumer electronics: Japan's paths to global conquest. -- Mainframes and minicomputers: the computer industry created in the United States. -- The microprocessor revolution: the computer industry recast in the United States. -- The national competitors: Europe's computer industries die, Japan's industry challenges. -- The consumer electronics and computer industries as the electronic century begins. -- The significance of the epic story
Summary Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. traces their origins and worldwide development. From electronics prime mover RCA in the 1920s to Sony and Matsushita's dramatic rise in the 1970s; from IBM's dominance in computer technology in the 1950s to Microsoft's stunning example of the creation of competitive advantage, this masterful analysis is essential reading for every manager and student of technology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-306) and index
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Subject Electronic industries.
Computer industry.
Competition, International.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Competition, International
Computer industry
Electronic industries
Indústria de informática (história)
Form Electronic book
Author Hikino, Takashi.
Von Nordenflycht, Andrew.
ISBN 9780674029392
0674029399