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Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations | 
| Author: Richard Elkus
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 67482
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 046500315X
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.60480973
EAN: 9780465003150
ASIN: 046500315X
Publication Date: July 7, 2008
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Product Description
Over the past thirty years, the United States has lost commanding leads in business after business. We no longer make cameras, TVs, MP3 players, cell phones, or DVD players, and we have become the world’s largest debtor nation. Everyone thinks this is because of cheap labor costs, but in fact Asian leaders have a fundamental and different way of thinking about business. They are playing a different game. If the U.S. wants to regain its competitiveness and preserve its global power, it must play the game as it’s played in the rest of the world. Winner Take All tells us what it takes to be competitive, and how we need to reform our thinking to regain what we have lost. Richard Elkus isn’t afraid to bring a few sacred cows to the slaughter. This is the essential primer for any policy maker, business leader, or general reader interested in knowing how America can regain the economic clout it once had.
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 A serious perspective on national strategy September 12, 2008
This an excellent book. It is a great discussion on the evolution of the high technology industry. It analyzes the way America in the last decades has lost the leadership in key industries.
The timing of this book may be close to perfect, for in a moment of a great crisis in the American Economy, it may contribute to the discussion on how to develop the right strategy for the future. A crisis is a good moment to think about past mistakes.
The key conclusion of Mr.Elkus is that America needs a coordinated strategy to keep key technologies in the hands of American Companies. This may mean a new way to think the hole of America in the World Economy.
A MUST READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN US TECH August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an absolute must read for anyone affiliated with the US technology industry. The author paints a very interesting picture, that becomes more and more clear as you get thru the book - that the US is systematically losing its edge in technology, whether it realizes it not. Whether you are a US tech executive (or any US industry executive), starting your own tech firm, are a policy maker affiliated with the industry, a consultant, or an investment professional, the book is very insightful and a quick read. I think this book should be a required read at every top MBA program in the country. Kudos to the author for hopefully shedding some light on a serious issue facing the US and its future.
A brilliant analysis of a serious issue facing US competitiveness July 25, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book, first of all, is a great read. It tells an alarming story regarding the fate of US competitiveness that is the result of errant business decisions that seemed like a good idea at the time because they bolstered short-term profit margins. But in surrendering involvement in key technology markets, Elkus argues, the US has lost its competitive edge. And the cost of getting that edge back is very dear.
Elkus knows what he is talking about. A long-time technology executive, Elkus has witnessed this first hand and has testified eloquently on the subject for many years.
The book is organized according to 10 principles of competitiveness, which one might dub "Elkus's Rules of Competitiveness", and indeed, they could be a proverbial 10 commandments.
This is a serious book executed with a light touch- it is written in a way to be accessible and interesting, told through many personal stories and anecdotes. Anyone with an interest in technology, history, strategy, and global competition and cares about the future of America should pick up this book.
 A new leadership is needed July 19, 2008
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
for the success of US Technology future. The book does make a valid point.
But it is very difficult because education is the main avenue for the tech success. As of July 2008, there are very few college students that majored in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering. The total for all of them are less than 7 percent.
Young people love IPod, Iphone, sidekick, Samsung cell.. They surfed on MySpace, YouTube and FaceBook all the time. But major in CS, IT, or Engineering? No way! We want to get the easiest degree so we can get out. College is for sport, fun, games, girls, party, party...
It turned out, Business is still number one (25%) and Social Science #2 (13%). What do they do when they graduate? Back to jobs paying minimum wages.
It is OK. Parents said proudly, my son just graduated from Ivy League.
This statement is impressive. No one asked, "What is he doing now?"
It is difficult to change the mind set.
Look at Russia, China, India, majority of young people studied physics, engineering, CS, IT, now finance. They are getting ahead of us. No doubt. Look at the Forbes world richest 10 billionaires: India 4, Russia 1, Germany 1, Mexico 1, Sweden 1 and US only 2 (Buffett and Gates).
None of the international leadership was mentioned in this book.
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