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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100471910384

ISBN-139780471910381

eBay Product ID (ePID)1345743

Product Key Features

Number of Pages472 Pages

Publication NameJapanese Electronics Technology : Enterprise and Innovation

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1987

SubjectGeneral, Electronics / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorGene Gregory

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight25 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN86-009189

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.4/7621381/0952

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Japan and the Global Electronics Revolution.THE JAPANESE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.The Making of a Revolution.Strategies and Structures.TECHNOLOGY.The Propensity for Innovation.Managing Technological Change.Mega-Research and Microelectronics.The Great Engineering Gap.Finance for High Technology.CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.The Protectionist Threat.The Legal Conundrum.Innovation and Internationalization.High-Definition Television.SEMICONDUCTORS.Brave New World of Microelectronics The VLSI Revolution.Chip-Making Machinery: The Birth of a Hi-Tech Industry.Big Blue Beseiged.Turbulent Transition.New Strategies and Structures.The Great Supercomputer Sweepstakes.COMPUTERS SERVICES.Hard Facts About Japanese Software.Datbase Services: Another New Growth Industry.FACTORY AUTOMATION.Japanese Factory 1990.Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems.COMMUNICATIONS.Networks for the Information Society.The Changing Role of NTT.New Technology and Industrial Structures.The Den Den Family Under Stress.New Media: Facsimile.VAN ---Birth of a New Industry.LAN --The Net Results of Automation.REGIONAL INTEGRATION.East Asian Electronics: System and Synergy.Index.

SynopsisThe largest manufacturer of semiconductors is not Motorola or Texas Instruments--it's a company called NEC Corporation, and it's Japanese. In fact, three of the five largest semiconductor makers are Japanese--and they're in the race for the next generation of ultra-large scale integrated (ULSI) circuit markets. This book describes the processes by which original technologies were developed and put to use the Japanese consumer electronics industry in terms understandable by business executives, government officials, economists, and the general reader. The phenomenal success of Japanese industry in the art of the management of innovation has made it necessary for industrial policymakers and corporate strategists in the electronic sector throughout the world to reassess their methods and manners to take into account the Japanese approach to innovation. A new round of protectionism in the United States might induce the production of computers and other advanced electronic equipment to follow the pattern of consumer electronics, moving to offshore locations where the supply of lower-cost components can be assured. This prospect makes it all the more important that the factors shaping the continuing Japanese electronics revolution be understood.

LC Classification NumberHD9696.A3J334634