The World's Telephone Companies Try to Maintain Some Standards
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The integrated services digital network (ISDN) would connect all terminals through one public telephone network. The international telephone organizations are actively pursuing the implementation of the ISDN. A standard must be defined for this, and the world's standards body for telephones (CCITT) will begin work on the preliminaries. Large scale integrated circuits will carry the intelligence.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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Firing on Some Cylinders
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The Talbot factory at Poissy, France, has been on strike since December 7, 1983. This member of the Peugeot group had wanted to fire one eighth of its work force. The workers had agreed to early retirement. The Peugeot group vehicle production and sales have been dropping. Graphs illustrate this.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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How to Cultivate Companies
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The California electronics industry is considered as an example of the financing of new companies. Three factors needed include venture capital, teams of marketers, engineers, managers,and academics with knowledge. Many new businesses are spinoffs as teams of people leave established firms.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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