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26
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
This paper examines the literature on the effects of industry structur
e and technology strategy on the international competitiveness of Amer
ican companies in the sector of information technology. Key propositio
ns which are prevalent in the literature are described, and several ca
se studies of successes and failures are highlighted. The paper also d
iscusses the paucity of empirical studies in the area of technology an
d corporate policy, and provides some examples from the literature and
from an exploratory field investigation of information technology com
panies. Finally, the paper proposes some possible scenarios for the fu
ture development of the US information technology industry as it matur
es and solidifies its international position.