Global Economic Competition

George Kozmetsky, DCS, is the Chairman of IC2, a leading-edge think-and-do tank for commercialization of science and technology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Executive Associate for Economic Affairs for the University of Texas System and Cochairman of the Cross-Border Institute for Regional Development. Dr. Kozmetsky has received numerous honors and awards, including the National Medal of Technology. He is the cofounder and former executive vice president of Teledyne, Inc., and Director Emeritus of Dell Computer Corporation.

Global competitiveness has always been a hotly debated issue, promoting differing opinions among economists, management strategists, business leaders, and policy analysts and consultants. Global Economic Competition provides a broad framework to compare the United States economy with 23 other global economies. This is done by presenting empirical evidence in a series of comparative analyses of economic competition using data pertaining to specific countries, industries and companies. In this volume, the electronics industries are used to illustrate an ongoing economic warfare among competing regions, nations, and cluster companies across the electronic technology chain.
Employing the latest empirical data to evaluate the competitiveness of the US economy and its electronic industries and companies in the 1980s and early 1990s, Global Economic Competition will be of interest not only to those who study economics, management science and international trade, but also to policy makers and business leaders.

1: An Overview of International Economic Competition.- 1-1 International Economic Competition - The Reality of Human Societies.- 1-2 The Information Age and the Electronic Technology Chain.- 1-3 National Efforts to Develop the Electronics Industry.- 1-4 Comparative Analyses of International Economic Competition.- 1-5 DEA - A Novel Methodology for Comparative Analyses.- 2: The Changing Economic Conditions of the World.- 2-1 Economic Growth.- 2-2 Components of Aggregate Demand.- 2-3 International Trade Performance.- 2-4 A Comparison of National Economy Fundamentals.- 3: International Trade Patterns in the Global Electronics Industry.- 3-1 International Trade in the Global Electronics Industry.- 3-2 International Trade in Electronic Components and Devices.- 3-3 International Trade in Computers and Office Machines.- 3-4 International Trade in Telecommunications Equipment.- 3-5 International Trade in Consumer Electronics.- 3-6 International Trade in Industrial Instruments.- 4: International Competition: Global Electronics Companies.- 4-1 Introduction.- 4-2 Comparative Performance of Electronic Components Cluster.- 4-3 Comparative Performance of Computer Manufacturing Cluster.- 4-4 Comparative Performance of Computer Software Cluster.- 4-5 Comparative Performance of Telecommunications Equipment Cluster.- 4-6 Comparative Performance of Industrial Instruments Cluster.- 4-7 Comparative Performance of Consumer Electronics Cluster.- 5: The Core Competition of Global Giant Electronics Companies.- 5-1 Development of U.S. and Japanese Giant Electronics Companies.- 5-2 Increasing Relative Share of the Japanese Giant Electronics Companies.- 5-3 Behind the Growing Relative Share.- 5-4 Competitive Advantage and Disadvantage.- 5-5 Performance in the Stock Market.- 5-6 Strategic Shiftand Restructuring.- 5-7 Acting Ahead of 'Semiconductor Cycle' and Expanding into New Areas.- 5-8 The Evolution of Competitive Market Systems: Two Competing Types of Market-Driven Companies.- Appendix: A List of the Sample Companies (316 in Total).- References.