The Coming Computer Industry Shakeout: Winners, Losers, & Survivors
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
At the height of the personal computer boom, one Wall Street analyst dared to ask the question no one else would: who would survive when the dust settled? The Coming Computer Industry Shakeout: Winners, Losers, & Survivors presents a forensic, unflinching analysis of the early 1980s technology industry, dissecting the fierce competitive forces that were already beginning to separate the visionary companies from the doomed, the agile from the obsolete. Drawing on deep financial research and industry expertise, Stephen T. McClellan chronicles the dramatic consolidation of a market that had exploded with hundreds of hopeful entrants, arguing with remarkable prescience which firms held the structural advantages to endure and which were destined for failure. McClellan writes with the authority of a seasoned securities analyst, grounding sweeping industry narratives in hard data, company financials, and competitive strategy — a style that makes Shakeout as instructive as it is compelling. The book stands as a significant artefact of its era, capturing a pivotal moment when the computer industry was transitioning from a frontier of boundless optimism into a ruthlessly Darwinian marketplace. Decades on, it remains a sobering reminder that technological revolution and commercial survival are far from synonymous — and leaves the reader wondering which of today's giants might be tomorrow's cautionary tale.
Author: Stephen T. Mcclellan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
At the height of the personal computer boom, one Wall Street analyst dared to ask the question no one else would: who would survive when the dust settled? The Coming Computer Industry Shakeout: Winners, Losers, & Survivors presents a forensic, unflinching analysis of the early 1980s technology industry, dissecting the fierce competitive forces that were already beginning to separate the visionary companies from the doomed, the agile from the obsolete. Drawing on deep financial research and industry expertise, Stephen T. McClellan chronicles the dramatic consolidation of a market that had exploded with hundreds of hopeful entrants, arguing with remarkable prescience which firms held the structural advantages to endure and which were destined for failure. McClellan writes with the authority of a seasoned securities analyst, grounding sweeping industry narratives in hard data, company financials, and competitive strategy — a style that makes Shakeout as instructive as it is compelling. The book stands as a significant artefact of its era, capturing a pivotal moment when the computer industry was transitioning from a frontier of boundless optimism into a ruthlessly Darwinian marketplace. Decades on, it remains a sobering reminder that technological revolution and commercial survival are far from synonymous — and leaves the reader wondering which of today's giants might be tomorrow's cautionary tale.