Silicon Samurai
How Japan Conquered the World's it Industry
Tom Forester(Author)
Blackwell Publishers
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-55786-293-8 (ISBN)
Description
Japan is about to overtake America to become the world leader in information technology. This book tells the remarkable story of how the Japanese did it - and reveals the techniques Japanese companies have used to displace American and European manufacturers from this critically-important industry. The vast majority of VCRs, laptop computers, photocopiers and faxes we buy today have been manufactured in Japan. They join the transistor, the colour television, the microwave oven, the microchip and industrial robots on the long list of inventions which were born in the USA, but are now made in Japan. This book brings together the different elements of the story of Japan's conquest of information technology.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55786-293-8 (9781557862938)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Content
Land of the rising IT industry; consumer electronics - attacking the soft underbelly of IT; semiconductors - how Japan captured the "rice" industry; computers and software - moving up the technology "food chain"; manufacturing technology - controlling the means of production; office equipment - supplying the tools of the trade; telecommunications - building the new information; conclusion - Japan, the US and Europe.