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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.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

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 Moore Stacks  HD9696.A2 C43 2005    Available  ---
Description xvii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Harvard studies in business history ; 47
Harvard studies in business history ; 47.
Bibliography 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.
Subject Electronic industries.
Electronic industries.
Computer industry.
Computer industry.
Competition, International.
Competition, International.
Added Author Hikino, Takashi.
Von Nordenflycht, Andrew.
ISBN 0674018052 paperback alkaline paper