Making Business of a Revolutionary New Technology The Eckert-Mauchly Company, 1945-1951  

作　　者：Lars Heide 

机构地区：[1]Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

出　　处：《History Research》2012年第8期477-489,共13页历史研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The paper analyzes John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly＇s endeavours to design, sell, and build the revolutionary new technology of the first-large and commercial computers. It discusses how Eckert and Mauchly＇s conceptualization of the computer grew out of their Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator （ENIAC） and Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer （EDVAC） projects at University of Pennsylvania. They incorporated their own business to gain profit from production and attain the freedom needed to develop their revolutionary new computer technology through a series of small and separate computer projects with private and government customers. The paper approaches innovation as a chaotic process and uses uncertainty to conceptualize the basic relations between actors and organizations.

关 键 词：INNOVATION uncertainty John W. Mauchly John Presper Eckert UNIVAC mainframe computer 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术] F275[经济管理—企业管理]