Abstract
According to Standard Industrial Classification, the electronic computer industry has been classified under the four-digit code 3571, an industry of the Manufacturing Division and featuring in the major group 35 which includes Industrial and Commercial machinery and computer equipment. This industry includes companies which have operations ranging from manufacturing computers to processing programs, performing arithmetical computation and executing software programs. There are two different kinds of computers, analog computers and digital/ analog, aka hybrid computer. In addition, this industry also includes mainframe computers, microcomputers, minicomputers and personal computers (PC).
We will examine the origin of this industry, following by the location, sizes of the firms in the industry as well as the organizational structures, the development of the R&D and the future trend of this industry.
