Future firms : how America's high technology companies work
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Future firms : how America's high technology companies work
Oxford University Press, 1998
Available at 25 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This comprehensive examination of high-technology businesses explores over 100 high-technology ventures and another 200 high-technology firms to discover what work is done, who does it, how it is done, and the business performance results of these activities. Starting with commonly-used definitions of technology-based business, authors Eric Bolland and Charles W. Hofer establish the scope of science- and engineering-based firms. They trace the history of high technology to World War II defence research, and show that the term "high technology" is itself much more recent. In-depth on-site visits to several high-technology firms, including industrial giant Hewlett Packard, reveal the inner workings of these companies. Interviews with key venture capitalists show how they help launch firms, continue capitalizing them, and decide which companies to support. Bolland and Hofer examine how issues such as size, location, local governments, and available resources affect these firms.
Table of Contents
1: Understanding High Technology Business. 2: History of High Technology. 3: The Days of Its Lives. 4: Financing Ventures. 5: High Technology Founders and Business Performance. 6: Origin of High Technology Species. 7: Strategy and the New Technology Venture. 8: Technology Ventures and Their Environment. 9: From the Venture to Established High Technology Company. 10: Human Resources. 11: High Technology and CEOs. 12: Strategies for Established Companies. 13: Organization and Environment. 14: Marketing Operations. 15: High Technology Firm Size Differences. 16: High Technology Business Concentrations. 17: State Support for High Technology Business. 18: Conclusions on High Technology Business
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