The authors argue that a new class of global knowledge-driven manufacturing industries has emerged in which learning, continuity, and speed define competition. "Five years of intensive research and conscientious interaction with the display community have produced the only detailed, readable history of the flat panel display industry from early research in the 1960s to the turbulent, high-volume present. Some of the authors' conclusions will be controversial, but noncontroversial conclusions are a waste of time. This book is certainly not a waste of time-it is essential reading for everyone in the display industry and for anyone with a stake in global business management."