From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry /

"The aim of this book is to provide a compact and up-to-date business and economic history of the computer industry. The reader we have in mind is someone who wants to make a "quick study" of the computer industry ... In our quest for brevity, we have assumed that our readers are them...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Campbell-Kelly, Martin (Author), Garcia-Swartz, Daniel D., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Series:Critical issues in business history.
Subjects:
Computer industry > History.
Computer industry > United States > History.
Informatique > Industrie > Histoire.
Informatique > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Computer industry.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The mainframe computer industry
  • Product differentiation, software, and services
  • The international computer industry
  • IBM's system/360 in the American market
  • IBM's system/370 in the American market
  • International reactions to system/360 and system/370
  • Microcomputers and personal computers in the American market
  • Beyond personal computers in the American market
  • International developments
  • Software and services
  • Computer hardware
  • Globalization.

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