In the late 1980s and 1990s, the advanced industrial countries considered replacing the existing analog television infrastructure with a new digital one. Hart's book shows how nationalism and regionalism produced incompatible standards in the US, Japan and Europe, and led to missed opportunities...

This is the first full scale survey of the demographic history of the United States in one volume. It starts with the arrival of humans in the Western Hemisphere and ends with the questions of declining fertility, and the changes in marriage and the family in the current century

This book explains how the process of moving from analog TV to digital is unfolding in the US and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping this transition

Developed from a study commissioned by the European Capital Markets Institute, this book examines the impact of private equity and capital markets on the development of small and medium sized enterprises in the USA and European Union

Between 1950 and 1975, the percentage of women receiving economic doctorates in the US sunk to an all time low. This book consists of a series of interviews with the pioneering few who did attain this status during that period

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction—Why do you want to launch a startup, anyway? -- Chapter 2. Failing to Start—What’s stopping you? -- Chapter 3. Your Idea Sucks—How would you know? -- Chapter 4. Failing to Ship—Again,...

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. Fibers, Textiles, and Apparel Complex -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 The Textile Complex -- THE U.S. TEXTILE COMPLEX -- Linkages -- DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISONS OF MAJOR SEGMENTS IN A TEXTILE COMPLEX -- Fibers -- Yarn -- Fabric -- Fiber,...