Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- 1. Introduction: Concepts and Approach -- 2. Consumer Electronics: The United States: The Creation and Destruction of a National Industry -- 3. Consumer Electronics: Japan's Paths to Global Conquest -- 4. Mainframes and Minicomputers: The...

Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. traces their origins and worldwide development. From electronics prime mover RCA in the 1920s to Sony and...

In this important book, industrial and enterprise reform over the last decade in Eastern Europe is critically reviewed in light of increasing Eastern integration into the global economy. The authors argue for the further globalization of Eastern European enterprise networks as a condition for...