Top of the Wave (Fourth Edition) (Volume 1 and 2)

This is not just a collection of the history of the development of the technology industry...

Even in this intelligent age, it is a work that IT people must read, and non-IT people should also read.

The development and rise of an enterprise cannot be achieved simply by having leaders and strong people. Any decision, the business environment at the same time, and the ebb and flow of various energies also affect the rise and fall of the enterprise. "Top of the Wave" is not just a history book. In addition to telling the development rules of top technology companies, it also has a lot of ink on how Wall Street influences technology companies and the impact of the financial turmoil on the technology industry.

"Top of the Waves Fourth Edition" adds 6 new chapters, discussing where the inexhaustible innovative spirit of Silicon Valley comes from, and further comprehensively expounds the regularity of the information industry from the perspectives of the industrial revolution paradigm and the revolution of production relations. Therefore, with the help of the systematic analysis of the company's management characteristics in the information age, the judgment and prediction of the next generation of technological industry waves are given.

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The fourth edition adds about a quarter of the chapters, including:

· "The Eight Traitors and Silicon Valley" (about Royce, Moore and other "eight traitors" who founded Fairchild and created the world's semiconductor industry);

· "Social Network and Facebook" (with Facebook as the core, introducing the origin, development and business rules of social network);

· "The Revolution of Production Relations" (introducing the unique management characteristics of Silicon Valley enterprises, especially the new type of relationship between people and the more reasonable distribution system in enterprises);

· "Car Revolution" (with Tesla and Alphabet's Waymo as the core, introducing the electric vehicle and self-driving car industry);

· "Industrial Revolution and the Paradigm of Subversive Innovation" (introduces the regularity of previous industrial revolutions since the first industrial revolution);

· "Scientific basis in the information age" (introduce the scientific basis and methodology behind the way enterprises do things in the information age, and the application of cybernetics, system theory and information theory in management).