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The Early Computer Industry: Limitations of Scale and Scope
Anthony Gandy
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Description for The Early Computer Industry: Limitations of Scale and Scope
Hardcover. Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry focusing on electronics giants GE, RCA, English Electric, EMI and Ferranti. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJZ; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry focusing on electronics giants GE, RCA, English Electric, EMI and Ferranti.
Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry focusing on electronics giants GE, RCA, English Electric, EMI and Ferranti.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230389106
SKU
V9780230389106
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Anthony Gandy
TONY GANDY is a reader at IFS School of Finance, UK. After a period as a journalist he worked for an investment bank and spent 15 years running his own small consulting firm mainly specialising in the overlap of banking and technology. His research interests include competition in the early computer industry, innovation in bank delivery channels, strategy and competition ... Read more
Reviews for The Early Computer Industry: Limitations of Scale and Scope
"For those of a certain age, it is impossible to read this comprehensive and fascinating book without an occasional tear." - David Birch, financialworld.co.uk