Dynamics of Technical Innovation The Evolution and Development of Information Technology

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A quantitative study demonstrating how the development of market structures, technological development, and company strategies shape the evolution of complex industrial systems. Duyster (international business studies, U. of Limburg, The Netherlands) argues that technological changes destroy existing industry structures and create new ones, basing his thesis on the theory of natural selection which he liberally applies to the computer industry, telecommunications, the semiconductor industry, and an analysis of technological convergence in strategic partnering and globalization. Includes tables and charts. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)