Electronic Technology, Corporate Strategy, and World Transformation

584 Pages·1995·1.69 MB·English

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Electronic Technology, Corporate Strategy,
title:
and World Transformation
author: Estabrooks, Maurice.
publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
isbn10 | asin: 0899309690
print isbn13: 9780899309699
ebook isbn13: 9780313008504
language: English
Information technology--Economic aspects,
Technologie de l'information--Aspect Ã
¢economique, Information technology--
subject Management, Technologie de l'information-
-Gestion, Computer networks, Ordinateurs,
Râeseaux d', Information networks,
Information, Râese
publication date: 1995
lcc: HC79.I55E85 1995eb
ddc: 658.4/038
Information technology--Economic aspects,
Technologie de l'information--Aspect Ã
¢economique, Information technology--
subject: Management, Technologie de l'information-
-Gestion, Computer networks, Ordinateurs,
Râeseaux d', Information networks,
Information, Râese
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ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, CORPORATE STRATEGY, AND
WORLD TRANSFORMATION
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ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, CORPORATE
STRATEGY, AND WORLD TRANSFORMATION
Maurice Estabrooks
QUORUM BOOKS
Westport, Connecticut • London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Estabrooks, Maurice.
Electronic technology, corporate strategy, and world
transformation/Maurice Estabrooks.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-89930-969-0 (alk. paper)
1. Information technology—Economic aspects. 2. Information
technology—Management. 3. Computer networks. 4. Information
networks. 5. Business enterprises—Communication systems.
6. Strategic planning. I. Title.
HC79.I55E85 1995
658.4'038–dc20 94–39336
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1995 by Maurice Estabrooks All rights reserved. No portion
of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94–39336
ISBN: 0-89930-969-0
First published in 1995
Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
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In memory of Lottie Muriel Estabrooks
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Contents
Preface ix

1 Technology, Corporate Strategy, Public Policy, and the Transformation of
the World 1
2 The Role of Electronic Technology in the Creation of the Advanced
Industrial Society 19
3 The Microchip and the Computer: Technological Underpinnings of the
Postindustrial Society 41
4 Growth, Expansion, Convergence, and Creative Destruction 71

5 Network Universe 103

6 The Intelligent Infrastructure 133

7 The Intelligent Economy 159

8 Restructuring, Transforming, and Globalizing Organizations, Markets,
and Economic Systems 187
9 War of the Worlds 215

10 Into the Millennium 237

Selected Bibliography 251

Index 255