This book is a case study in industrial economics, using the computing industry as a base at a time when it was undergoing drastic changes. The objective was to identify and analyze those major forces and mechanisms which account for the evolution of an industry. The approach is to recognize the diversity of enterprises and to explore the interplay between products, production processes and the characteristics of enterprises, including their organization and management systems, which business experience indeed shows can be decisive competitive advantages or disadvantages. One might expect the...

Ce que tout citoyen doit savoir d'economie. Ce livre presente les faits economiques fondamentaux a partir de constats que chacun peut faire dans sa vie quotidienne. Par des raisonnements simples, en utilisant le langage de tous les jours, sans jargon mathematique ou autre, sans demander de connaissances qui depasseraient le niveau du college, il conduit progressivement le lecteur vers des idees plus generales qui l'aideront a comprendre les debats economiques et politiques du moment."