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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-306) and index.
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.