Download or read book The Early Computer Industry written by A. Gandy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry focusing on electronics giants GE, RCA, English Electric, EMI and Ferranti.