
Deconstructing the Computer
Report of a Symposium
National Academies Press
Will be published approx. on 28. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-0-309-09254-8 (ISBN)
Description
Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains in productivity, a phenomenon often referred to as the New Economy. To better understand this phenomenon, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has convened a series of workshops and commissioned papers on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy. This major workshop, entitled Deconstructing the Computer, brought together leading industrialists and academic researchers to explore the contribution of the different components of computers to improved price-performance and quality of information systems. The objective was to help understand the sources of the remarkable growth of American productivity in the 1990s, the relative contributions of computers and their underlying components, and the evolution and future contributions of the technologies supporting this positive economic performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-309-09254-8 (9780309092548)
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National Research Council | Policy and Global Affairs | Board on Science
Deconstructing the Computer
Report of a Symposium
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09/2005
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Persons
Dale W. Jorgenson and Charles W. Wessner, Editors, Committee on Deconstructing the Computer, Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 I Proceedings: Introductory Remarks--Dale W. Jorgenson; 3 Panel I : Performance Measurement and Current Trends; 4 Panel II: Computer Hardware and Components; 5 Panel III: Peripherals: Current Technology Trends; 6 Panel IV: Peripherals: Current Technology Trends, continued; 7 Panel V: What Have We Learned and What Does It Mean?; 8 Concluding Remarks--Dale W. Jorgenson; 9 II RESEARCH PAPER: Performance Measures for Computers--Jack E. Triplett; 10 Appendix A Biographies of Speakers; 11 Appendix B Participants List; 12 Appendix C Bibliography