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General Electric

In: The Early Computer Industry

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  • Anthony Gandy

    (ifs School of Finance)

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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.

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  • Anthony Gandy, 2013. "General Electric," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Early Computer Industry, chapter 4, pages 88-119, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-38911-3_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230389113_4
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