Table of Contents

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.

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