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Keeping the U.S. computer industry competitive : defining the agenda : a colloquium report / by the Computer Science and Technology Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer industry--Government policy--United States.
- Computer industry.
- Competition, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book warns that retaining U.S. preeminence in computing at the beginning of the next century will require long-term planning, leadership, and collective will that cannot be attained with a business-as-usual approach by industry or government. This consensus emerged from a colloquium of top executives from the U.S. computer sector, university and industry researchers, and government policymakers. Among the major issues discussed are long-term, or strategic, commitment on the part of large firms in the United States; cooperation within and among firms and between industry, universities, and government; weaknesses in manufacturing and in the integration of research, development, and manufacturing; technical standards for both hardware and software manufacture and operation; and education and infrastructure (in particular, computer networks).
- Contents:
- 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 THE AGENDA
- 1 Overview
- GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
- COOPERATION
- STANDARDIZATION
- THE GOVERNMENT ROLE
- NOTES
- 2 Hardware
- SEMICONDUCTORS
- The "DRAM Fiasco
- Beyond DRAMs
- COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
- Commoditization
- Technological Convergence of Industries
- 3 Software
- SOFTWARE: A HIGHLY UNUSUAL PRODUCT
- TOWARD A BIFURCATED MARKET
- EDUCATION FOR BETTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND USE
- FOREIGN CHALLENGE
- 4 Services and Systems Integration
- SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: A U.S. BUSINESS CONCEPT
- ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS
- DIVERSITY IN THE WORLD MARKET
- DEPENDENCE ON OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED INDUSTRIES
- INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE INFORMATION AGE
- 5 Business and Marketing
- ISOLATING THE ISSUES
- Technology Management and Transfer
- Harnessing Complementary Assets
- An Argument for Cooperation
- Managerial Incentives and Short Time Horizons
- Learning from Failure and Responding to the Market
- The Role of Small Entrepreneurial Firms
- CONSOLIDATION AHEAD?
- 6 Turning Point
- AN ASSET AT RISK
- SETTING A COURSE FOR IMPROVEMENT
- The Role of Government
- Standards
- Education
- CLOSING OBSERVATIONS
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Colloquium Program
- Appendix B Colloquium Participants
- Staff.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786610212682
- 9781280212680
- 1280212683
- 9780309582322
- 0309582326
- 9780585142692
- 0585142696
- OCLC:
- 647358667
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