The early computer industry : limitations of scale and scope

著者

• Gandy, Anthony

書誌事項

The early computer industry : limitations of scale and scope

Anthony Gandy

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-341) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

List of Tables List of Figures Prologue Acknowledgements A Note on Referencing Styles Historiography Scope, Scale, Concentric Diversification and the Black Box RCA and the Electronic Data Processing Business General Electric and the Commercial Data Processing Market The Ferranti Company and the Early Computer Industry Electrical and Musical Industries Strategies and organisations of IBM and ICT IBM's other Competitors Conclusions: Concentric Diversification versus Market Specialisation and the Problem of Resource Allocation

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB12225020
• ISBN:
  • 9780230389106
• LCCN: 2012038806
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Basingstoke
• ページ数/冊数: xvii, 348 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HD9696.2.A2
  • DC23 : 338.4/700409046
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Computer industry -- History