Competing for the Future
How Digital Innovations are Changing the World
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- Author: Henry Kressel, Warburg Pincus LLC
- Date Published: April 2007
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Everybody knows that digital technology has revolutionized our economy and our lifestyles. But how many of us really understand the drivers behind the technology - the significance of going digital; the miniaturization of circuit boards; the role of venture capital in financing the revolution; the importance of research and development? How many of us understand what it takes to make money from innovative technologies? Should we worry about manufacturing going offshore? What is the role of India and China in the digital economy? Drawing on a lifetime's experience in the industry, as an engineer, a senior manager and as a partner in a venture capital firm, Henry Kressel offers an expert personalized answer to all these questions. He explains how the technology works, why it matters, how it is financed and what the key lessons are for public policy.
Read more- Explains digital technology in layman's terms and details its social and economic impact world-wide
- Examines the role of research, entrepreneurs and manufacturing in innovation and highlights the opportunities and challenges facing business strategists in the digital age
- Explains the business model and role of venture capital in the development of new digital technologies
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- Date Published: April 2007
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521862905
- length: 422 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 160 x 26 mm
- weight: 0.7kg
- contains: 102 b/w illus. 16 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Genesis: inventing electronics for the digital world
2. Building digital systems
3. Edison's legacy: industrial R&D
4. R&D goes global
5. Financing innovation: venture capital
6. Manufacturing: globalizing faster than ever
7. Your government is here to help
8. The digital world: industries transformed
9. The digital world: a global village
Appendix 1.1 Smaller, faster, more efficient MOSFETs
Appendix 1.2 Building multi-transistor logic gates
Appendix 1.3 MOSFETs in memory devices
Appendix 1.4 CMOS reduces logic gate power dissipation
Appendix 1.5 Laser diode basics
Appendix 1.6 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
Appendix 1.7 Photodetectors
Appendix 1.8 Making fibre optic cables
Appendix 1.9 Principles of LCD displays
Appendix 2.1 The demise of analog computers
Appendix 2.2 IP, TCP, and the internet
Appendix 2.3 Building an object-oriented program
Index.
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