• DocumentCode
    1370649
  • Title

    Was early entry a competitive advantage? US universities that entered computing in the 1940s

  • Author

    Aspray, William

  • Author_Institution
    Comput.. Res. Assoc., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    87
  • Abstract
    The author discusses whether early entry was a competitive advantage in academic computing. This is accomplished by examining the first three decades of computing at five universities - MIT, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Princeton - that initiated computing programs in the 1940s.
  • Keywords
    educational computing; history; Columbia University; Harvard University; MIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pennsylvania University; Princeton University; US universities; academic computing; competitive advantage; early entry; history; Business; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Computer science; Consumer electronics; Costs; Educational institutions; History; Military computing; Recruitment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.859525
  • Filename
    859525
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1370649