Experimental Capitalism: The Nanoeconomics of American High-Tech Industries
Experimental Capitalism: The Nanoeconomics of American High-Tech Industries
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实验资本主义：美国高科技产业的纳米经济学
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10.1515/9781400873753
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2015
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S. Klepper
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在20世纪的大部分时间里，美国公司在技术进步方面引领着世界。为什么某些行业会取得如此巨大的成功？《实验资本主义》考察了六个关键行业--汽车、充气轮胎、电视接收机、半导体、激光和青霉素--并追踪了美国高科技资本主义的高潮和低谷以及由此产生的创新景观。采用“纳米经济学”-深入研究公司的形成和运作-史蒂芬·克莱珀确定了特定的公司如何成为无可争议的领导者，改变了他们的行业发展的过程。克莱珀深入研究了为什么少数公司在经历了最初的动荡时期后，在他们的行业中占据了多年的主导地位，包括通用汽车，凡士通和英特尔。尽管资本主义是建立在多方竞争的理念之上的，但他展示了创新过程是如何自然地导致这种主导地位的。克莱珀探讨了这种支配地位如何影响了对进一步创新的探索。他还考虑了为什么工业会聚集在特定的地理区域，比如北方加州的半导体，底特律的汽车和阿克伦的轮胎。他发现，早期的领先企业成为下一代企业家的非自愿培训场所，这些企业家将新公司分拆到周边地区。Klepper在他的研究的最后讨论了政府的影响和政策的潜力，以加强一个国家的高科技产业基础。作为一生研究和思考的结晶，《实验资本主义》以动态的视角审视了新思想和创新如何导致美国的经济主导地位。
For much of the twentieth century, American corporations led the world in terms of technological progress. Why did certain industries have such great success? Experimental Capitalism examines six key industries—automobiles, pneumatic tires, television receivers, semiconductors, lasers, and penicillin—and tracks the highs and lows of American high-tech capitalism and the resulting innovation landscape. Employing “nanoeconomics”—a deep dive into the formation and functioning of companies—Steven Klepper determines how specific companies emerged to become the undisputed leaders that altered the course of their industry’s evolution. Klepper delves into why a small number of firms came to dominate their industries for many years after an initial period of tumult, including General Motors, Firestone, and Intel. Even though capitalism is built on the idea of competition among many, he shows how the innovation process naturally led to such dominance. Klepper explores how this domination influenced the search for further innovations. He also considers why industries cluster in specific geographical areas, such as semiconductors in northern California, cars in Detroit, and tires in Akron. He finds that early leading firms serve as involuntary training grounds for the next generation of entrepreneurs who spin off new firms into the surrounding region. Klepper concludes his study with a discussion of the impact of government and the potential for policy to enhance a nation’s high-tech industrial base. A culmination of a lifetime of research and thought, Experimental Capitalism takes a dynamic look at how new ideas and innovations led to America’s economic primacy.