Asia's Computer Challenge: Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?

by Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122011
• ISBN13: 9780195122015
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Review from a research student

I really loved this book because I'm writing my research thesis on ACER, the Taiwanese PC multinational. This book give a great overview of the global computer industry as well as in-depth analysis of the individual corporations...it's an interesting read on the newest and most exciting industry in the world even if you are not formally studying the subject.

Review from a research student

I really love this book because I'm writing my research thesis on ACER, the Taiwanese PC multinational. This book gives a great overview of the global computer industry as well as in-depth analyses of the individual corporations...it's an interesting read on the newest and most exciting industry in the world - even if you are not formally studying the subject.