Inventing the Electronic Century : The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries

Chandler, Alfred D., Jr., Chandler, Al

ISBN 10: 0743215672 / ISBN 13: 9780743215671

Published by Free Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inventing the Electronic Century : The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries
• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743215672
• ISBN 13: 9780743215671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Tracing the history of the consumer electronics and computer businesses from a global perspective, the author of Scale and Scope explores the evolution of the Information Age, discussing the IBM's role in the development of technology, Japan's conquest of the global electronics market, and more. 25

About the Author

Alfred D. Chandler Jr., widely acknowledged as the dean of American business historians, is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Newcomen Award for The Visible Hand (1977) and the author of two other seminal works, Strategy and Structure (1962) and Scale and Scope (1990). He is the Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.