Entry of Established Electronics Firms into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and USA
Details:
- Author(s) Gandy, Anthony
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 1993
- Pages
- Publisher London School of Economics
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of industries
Countries:
- United States
Library:
- Name British Library of Political & Economic Science
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode WC2A 2HD
- Visit British Library of Political & Economic Science's website
Groups:
Notes:
See the writer's 'Early Computer Industry. Limitations of scale and scope', Palgrave, 2013. Explores why established electronics businesses in Britain and USA to 1970s failed to build their computer production businesses while focused business machine producers succeeded. Based on case studies of British and US businesses, the former being Ferranti Brothers Ltd, EMI Ltd and English Electric Ltd with some coverage also of International Computer & Tabulator Co Ltd. Role of governments also explored