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Two business writers and consultants chronicle IBM's rise to computer industry dominance in the 1970s through its decline in the early 1990s when this book was first published. Examining implications
Klebaner (economics, City U. of New York) describes the evolution of US commercial banking from the late 18th century to 1988. He describes the evolution of banking's institutional structures and acti
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