DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC
Subtitle: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781576752258
Subjects: Business strategy; Hi-tech manufacturing industries; History of specific subjects; Information technology industries; Industries - General; Digital Equipment Corporation; Business/Economics; Management; Computer Industry (Economic Aspects); History Of Specific Companies; History; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Corporate & Business History - General; United States; Computer industry; Case studies; Industries - Computer Industry; Business & Economics / Corporate History; Business & Economics/Industries - Computer Industry; General; Biography
First sentence: "The story of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is fundamentally a forty-year saga encompassing the creation of a new technology, the building of a company that became the number two computer company in the United States with $14 billion in sales at its p"
Description: "DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC tells the 40-year story of DEC's creation, demise, and enduring legacy. Author Edgar Schein consulted to DEC throughout its history and so had unparalleled access to all the major players, and an inside view of all the major events. He shows how the unique organizational culture established by DEC's founder, Ken Olsen, gave the company important competitive advantages in its early years, but later became a hindrance and ultimately led to the company's downfall."--Jacket.