Asia's Computer Challenge
Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?
1st Edition
Published on 20. August 1998
383 pages
978-0-19-535280-1 (ISBN)
Description
How did the computer industry evolve into its present global structure? Why have some Asian countries succeeded more than others? Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer delve into these questions and emerge with an explanation of the rapid rise of the computer industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
Asia's Computer Challenge makes a systematic comparison of the historical development of the computer industries of Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan and concludes that neither a plan versus market, nor a country versus company dichotomy fully explains the diversity found among these countries. The authors identify a new force--the emergence of a global production network. Reaching beyond specific companies and countries, this book explores the strategic implications for the Asian-Pacific countries and the United states. Now East Asia is faced with a challenge; they must make the move from low margin hardware business to high margin software and information businesses, while Americans must respond by maintaining leadership in standards, design, marketing, and business innovation.
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Threat or Opportunity for the U.S. and the World?
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1. Competing in Computers
- Plan versus Market Explanations
- Evolution of the Computer Industry to a Global Production System
- Competing in Computers: Companies
- Competing in Computers: Countries
- Companies and Countries: Diverging Interests?
- Accounting for the Differences
- Conclusions: Winners and Losers in a New Era of Computing
- 2. Globalization of the Computer Industry
- Stages of Development in the Computer Industry
- Competition Between Firms: The Central Computing Era
- Competition Among Countries: Challenge from Europe and Japan
- Competition Among Global Production Networks: The PC Era
- Conclusions
- 3. Japan and the PC Revolution
- History of Japan's PC Industry
- Industry Structure
- Industrial Policy
- Conclusions
- 4. Asia's New Competitors: Korea and Taiwan
- Korea
- Electronics: Challenging Japan
- Semiconductors: Becoming a World Leader in Memory Chips
- History of Korea's Computer Industry
- Industry Structure
- Industrial Policy
- Conclusions
- Taiwan
- History of Taiwan's Computer Industry
- Industry Structure
- Industrial Policy
- Conclusions
- 5. Asia's New Competitors: Singapore and Hong Kong
- Singapore
- History of Singapore's Computer Industry
- Industry Structure
- Industrial Policy
- Conclusions
- Hong Kong
- History of Hong Kong's Computer Industry
- Industry Structure
- Industrial Policy
- Conclusions
- 6. Findings from the East Asian Experience
- The Global Production System and East Asia
- National Industry Structure
- Role of the Domestic Market
- National Capabilities
- Industrial Policy
- Competitiveness: A Dynamic Process
- An East Asian Model for Competing in Computers
- 7. Lessons for Companies and Countries
- Competing in Computers: Companies
- Country Competitiveness
- Country and Company Performance
- Country versus Company Competitiveness
- Conclusions
- 8. Competing in Computers in the Network Era
- The Network Era
- Implications for Companies
- Asia's Role in the Network Era
- The New Global Production System
- Implications for Asian Countries
- Implications for the United States
- Conclusion: Asia's Computer Challenge
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
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