The Business of Electronics [electronic resource] : A Concise History /
Sethi, A. Kumar.author.
Electronics is an ever-changing field with an entrepreneurial spirit and a rich history, populated by some of the world's most famous companies and personalities. The Business of Electronics details the field's complex ecosystem in all its trials and tribulations. It looks at companies such as Apple, IBM, Samsung, and Nokia, as well as now-extinct companies such as Honeywell Bull (France) and Sinclair Computers (UK) that contributed to technology and business. Sethi shows us how a handful of US companies led the charge in designing equipment that could make millions of small, reliable components; how Nokia started in the timber business; the history of inventors like J.C. Bose, a pioneer in radio communication (who inadvertently made Guglielmo Marconi famous); and why there are numerous companies and creators that never made it or that we have never heard of. This all-encompassing book not only explores the vibrant history of electronics, it uses case studies to examine the companies and people that made history and explain how we ended up where we are today.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dediaction; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early Years: Telegraphy and Telephony; 3 Wireless and Radio; 4 Television *; 5 World War II: Radar, Sonar, Cryptography, and Beyond; 6 Computers and Computing; 7 Media Recorders/Players, Mobile Phones, Smart Devices, and Tablets; 8 Computer Networks and the Internet; 9 "Chips" and Displays; Appendix 1: Company Histories in Brief: The Pioneers of Telegraphy, Telephony, Wireless, Radio, and Television; Appendix 2: Principal Entities Associated with Thomas Alva Edison and Their Timeline *
Appendix 3: Principal Entities Associated with Alexander Graham Bell and Their TimelineAppendix 4: Principal Entities Associated with Guglielmo Marconi and Their Timeline*; Appendix 5: Timeline * -Offshoring of Semiconductor Assembly; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronics is an ever-changing field with an entrepreneurial spirit and a rich history, populated by some of the world's most famous companies and personalities. The Business of Electronics details the field's complex ecosystem in all its trials and tribulations. It looks at companies such as Apple, IBM, Samsung, and Nokia, as well as now-extinct companies such as Honeywell Bull (France) and Sinclair Computers (UK) that contributed to technology and business. Sethi shows us how a handful of US companies led the charge in designing equipment that could make millions of small, reliable components; how Nokia started in the timber business; the history of inventors like J.C. Bose, a pioneer in radio communication (who inadvertently made Guglielmo Marconi famous); and why there are numerous companies and creators that never made it or that we have never heard of. This all-encompassing book not only explores the vibrant history of electronics, it uses case studies to examine the companies and people that made history and explain how we ended up where we are today.
History.
Economic sociology.
Economic history.
Management information systems.
Management.
Industrial management.
Electronics.
Microelectronics.
History of Science.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Economic History.
Business Information Systems.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.