Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Competing in Computers -- Plan versus Market Explanations -- Evolution of the Computer Industry to a Global Production System -- Competing in Computers: Companies -- Competing in Computers: Countries -- Companies and Countries: Diverging Interests? -- Accounting for the Differences -- Conclusions: Winners and Losers in a New Era of Computing -- 2. Globalization of the Computer Industry -- Stages of Development in the Computer Industry -- Competition Between Firms: The Central Computing Era -- Competition Among Countries: Challenge from Europe and Japan -- Competition Among Global Production Networks: The PC Era -- Conclusions -- 3. Japan and the PC Revolution -- History of Japan's PC Industry -- Industry Structure -- Industrial Policy -- Conclusions -- 4. Asia's New Competitors: Korea and Taiwan -- Korea -- Electronics: Challenging Japan -- Semiconductors: Becoming a World Leader in Memory Chips -- History of Korea's Computer Industry -- Industry Structure -- Industrial Policy -- Conclusions -- Taiwan -- History of Taiwan's Computer Industry -- Industry Structure -- Industrial Policy -- Conclusions -- 5. Asia's New Competitors: Singapore and Hong Kong -- Singapore -- History of Singapore's Computer Industry -- Industry Structure -- Industrial Policy -- Conclusions -- Hong Kong -- History of Hong Kong's Computer Industry -- Industry Structure -- Industrial Policy -- Conclusions -- 6. Findings from the East Asian Experience -- The Global Production System and East Asia -- National Industry Structure -- Role of the Domestic Market -- National Capabilities -- Industrial Policy -- Competitiveness: A Dynamic Process -- An East Asian Model for Competing in Computers -- 7. Lessons for Companies and Countries -- Competing in Computers: Companies -- Country Competitiveness.

Country and Company Performance -- Country versus Company Competitiveness -- Conclusions -- 8. Competing in Computers in the Network Era -- The Network Era -- Implications for Companies -- Asia's Role in the Network Era -- The New Global Production System -- Implications for Asian Countries -- Implications for the United States -- Conclusion: Asia's Computer Challenge -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.