The Early Computer Industry
Limitations of Scale and Scope| By: | A. Gandy |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230389106 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230389113 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2013 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.