Excerpt from Successful Incumbents: Puzzles in the Adoption of Risc (Reduced Instruction Set Computers) Abstract introduction framework and hypoti - ieses Impact of innovation on the competence of the innovating entity. Impact of innovation along the value - added chain Network Externalities Disdnguishing between competence and network externalities Alternate hypotheses risc and Workstation Data and Sources the empirical analysis - qualitative Impact of risc on workstation maker competence Impact of risc on competence along the value-added chain The Case Studies Sun Microsystems dec (digital Equipment Corporation) Sun cloners ibm mips Computers Inc. Summary of cases the empirical analysis - quantitative Specification of the empirical model Results summary and conclusions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.