KEEPING THE U.S. COMPUTER INDUSTRY COMPETITIVE: SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- EVOLUTION OF A U.S. BUSINESS CONCEPT -- STATUS OF THE U.S. INDUSTRY -- Global Prospects -- Sources of U.S. Advantage -- CONVERGING TECHNOLOGY: A DRIVING...

The Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causes of Internationalization -- CHANGES IN...

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry: -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry -- Summary -- THREE HISTORICAL THEMES -- Convergence in Technology -- Internationalization -- Public Demands on the Industry -- Product Cost and Quality --...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- FROM "PERVASIVE DECLINE" IN THE 1980S TO "RESURGENCE" IN THE 1990S -- THE STEP BOARD'S ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- SOURCES OF STRONGER PERFORMANCE -- CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Recent Trends in...

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Overview of the Project -- BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS -- AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT -- Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management -- Agreement on the Correlation Between...

Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Defining the Agenda -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- MAINTAINING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS -- Strategic Intent -- Cooperation -- Manufacturing -- Technology Development and Transfer -- Infrastructure and Education -- SETTING...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- The Dynamics of Long-Term Growth: Gaining and Losing Advantage in the Chemical Industry1 -- Chemicals1 -- Steel -- Powder Metallurgy Parts -- Trucking1 -- Grocery Retailing1 -- Retail Banking1 -- Computing -- Semiconductors1 -- Hard Disk...

Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- I. Preface -- II. Introduction -- III. Steering Committee Policy Recommendations and Findings* -- IV. NRC Summary Report on the Project -- Sources of Friction and Cooperation in High-Technology Industries -- System Integration and System Friction: New...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- 2 Trends and Directions -- 3 Societal Implications -- 4 Promoting Competitiveness: Policy Issues and Obstacles -- Bibliography -- A Colloquium Participants -- B Colloquium Agenda -- C Follow-up Interviews.

Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry -- Copyright -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS -- Industry -- Academe -- Government -- Bureau of Mines -- Government-Academic-Industrial Cooperation -- RECOMMENDED...