The Structure of the Computer Industry
Abstract
This study updates the assessment of the industrial and market structure of the computer manufacturing and software development industries. It describes the structure of these industries in terms of market concentration, barriers to entry, organizational strategies, and legal issues. It also examines the impact of the PC revolution on the market structure of computer manufacturing and software development. Additionally, it describes and analyzes events in computer manufacturing and software development since the late 1980s in terms of alliances, mergers, and market concentration, as the computer industry out marginal participants and re-aligns market power and technology rights of major players. The study forecasts a ten year scenario for the evolution of the computer manufacturing and software development industries by extrapolating from recent events and from histories of similar mature industries. market structure and computer manufacturing; market structure and software development; barriers to entry and computer industry; microcomputer and revolution; legal issues and computer industries; strategies and computer industry; forecast and computer industry.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA252745
Entities
People
- Roger L. Mcdonald Iii
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School