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DEC is dead, long live DEC : the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation /
Digital Equipment Corporation achieved sales of over $14 billion, reached the Fortune 50, and was second only to IBM as a computer manufacturer. Though responsible for the invention of speech recognition, the minicomputer, and local area networking, DEC ultimately failed as a business and was sold t...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
©2004.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
| Résumé: | Digital Equipment Corporation achieved sales of over $14 billion, reached the Fortune 50, and was second only to IBM as a computer manufacturer. Though responsible for the invention of speech recognition, the minicomputer, and local area networking, DEC ultimately failed as a business and was sold to Compaq Corporation in 1998. This fascinating modern Greek tragedy by Ed Schein, a high-level consultant to DEC for 40 years, shows how DEC's unique corporate culture contributed both to its early successes and later to an organizational rigidity that caused its ultimate downfall. |
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| Description: | Originally published: 2003. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xv, 319 pages) : illustrations, facsimile |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781605093024 1605093025 9781605094083 1605094080 9786612300424 6612300426 |