Ruling the Waves

by Spar, Debora L.

• ISBN13: 9780151005093
• ISBN10: 0151005095
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

The high-tech bubble seems to have burst-or has it? Knowing where you are in the business cycle is crucial. Historical perspective helps, and so does keen analysis. Ruling the Waves offers both.Debora Spar begins the historical context with pirate tales. Jean Lafitte's domination of the seas and Rupert Murdoch's domination of the British airwaves with BskyB have much in common. Tales of the telegraph and radio help you understand the natural evolution of Microsoft, the trials of the codemakers who fought the U.S. government to protect Internet privacy, and the revolutionary rap stars who challenged the record industry. Great stories of quirky pioneers and their roller-coaster rides make this the one book that you need to become an expert on the path of future innovations and the natural development from idea to market in a changing world.

Author Biography

Debora L. Spar is a professor at the Harvard Business School and is the youngest woman in the school's history ever to receive tenure. A political scientist by training, she teaches the politics of international relations there. She lives in Boston with her architect husband and two small sons.

Table of Contents

Prologue The View from Partenia	1	(22)
The First Wave	23	(37)
The Codemakers	60	(64)
Radio Days	124	(66)
BSkyB and the New Wave of Television	190	(54)
Last Stand of the Cypherpunks	244	(43)
Trusting Microsoft	287	(40)
Space Music	327	(40)
Surfing the Barbary Coast	367	(18)
Selected Bibliography	385	(6)
Acknowledgments	391	(2)
Index	393