Silicon Samurai
How Japan Conquered the World's IT Industry
Published on 27. May 1993
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-1-55786-292-1 (ISBN)
Description
Japan is about to overtake America to become No 1 in information technology. This book tells the remarkable story of how the Japanese did it, and reveals the techniques Japanese companies have used to diplace American and European manufacturers from this critically important industry.
This enthralling book by one of the world's leading authorities on the IT industry brings together for the first time the different elements of the frightening story of Japan's conquest of information technology. If America and Europe continue on their present course and pursue business-as-usual policies, says Tom Forester, then by far the greater part of the IT industry will slip inexorably into the hands of the Japanese, and Japan's economic triumph over the West will be complete.
This enthralling book by one of the world's leading authorities on the IT industry brings together for the first time the different elements of the frightening story of Japan's conquest of information technology. If America and Europe continue on their present course and pursue business-as-usual policies, says Tom Forester, then by far the greater part of the IT industry will slip inexorably into the hands of the Japanese, and Japan's economic triumph over the West will be complete.
Reviews / Votes
"Forester's book adds yet another warning on America's global competitive position. We can agree or disagree with his analysis, but we cannot lightly dismiss the facts that he has so persuasively presented." Ian M Ross, President emeritus, AT & T Bell Laboratories"Tom Forester has brilliantly pieced together seemingly unrelated Japanese actions to show that their cumulative impact spells certain doom for the American IT industry. Anyone involved in the high-tech industry should read this book, as it shows the serious Japanese desire for technological and market supremacy." Michael C Sekora, President, Technology Strategic Planning, Inc.
"Silicon Samurai is a must read for anyone intersted in the economics of high technology." Clyde V Prestowitz, President, Economic STrategy Institute, Washington D. C.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55786-292-1 (9781557862921)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tom Forester is Senior lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is author and/or editor of six books on information technology, including The Information Technology Revolution (1985), High-Tech Society (1987), Computers in the Human Context (1989), and Computer Ethics (1990). He was educated at Sussex University and Balliol College, Oxford, and has studies and worked in America, and the Pacific Rim.
Content
Contents Preface 1. Land of the Rising IT Industry 2. Consumer Electronics: Attacking the Soft Underbelly of IT 3. Semiconductors: How Japan Captured the 'Rice' Industry 4. Computers and Software: Moving Up the Technology 'Food Chain' 5. Manufacturing Technology: Controlling the Means of Production 6. Office Equipment: Supplying the Tools of the Trade 7. Telecommunications: Building the New Information 8. Conclusion: Japan, the US and Europe Index.