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Hong Kong has lost most of its manufacturing base in computers, but still remains a factor in the industry by managing production in South China. The arguments about the twin roles of industry structure and industrial policy in creating national competitiveness help explain the success and failure of the East Asian countries, and in fact any other country that is not the market leader in the industry. (more…)

It is clear that production and employment in the hardware industry have shifted offshore, but, at the same time, the software and services industries have grown rapidly and have recorded large gains in employment in the United States. (more…)

A revolution took place in the computer industry in the 1980s, driven by the relentless power of Moore’s Law, which states that microprocessors will double in power every eighteen months. Like most revolutions, this one left some participants bloody and beaten while propelling others to fame, fortune, and power. (more…)