General Electric

Anthony Gandy
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Chapter 4 in The Early Computer Industry, 2013, pp 88-119 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Competition for funds and the availability of capital within the corporation played an important role throughout the life of RCA’s Computer Systems Division. General Electric’s (GE) history in the industry is similar, though it is a more complex story. GE suffered from numerous poor management decisions which exacerbated its problems, and stopped it from taking advantage of the strengths that the firm undoubtedly had. It was forced out of the industry in similar circumstances to RCA, having to cope with the same kind of internal pressures on its finances. However, it also displayed some of the intra-computer division schisms which firms in the UK, especially Ferranti and EMI, displayed.

Keywords: General Electric; Medium Scale; Computer Department; General Purpose Computer; Commercial Computer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230389113_4

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