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Index
Engines That Move Markets 2nd Edition Contents Acknowledgements Foreword to the First Edition by Sir John Templeton introduction Making Sense of Technology Bubbles Purpose of the research Questions raised The scope of the research New and updated material Timeless lessons chapter 1 Making Tracks The Industrial Revolution, canals and railways Introduction Funding the Industrial Revolution The heyday of canals The new production technology is adapted for transport Responding to the threat Success not guaranteed Optimism and gearing Heroes and villains How the boom ended Conclusions chapter 2 Breaking Out The story of the US railroads Beginnings: boats, barges and horses Vanderbilt and America’s steamboat wars Towards a rail network A game of monopoly: the fight for Erie The rule of law – or corruption? Competition and consolidation The battle for control of the West The railroad wars intensify Competition of the transcontinental route Conclusions chapter 3 Investing at the Speed of Sound How the telephone changed everything Origins of the telegraph The British experience Western Union and the US market Competitors emerge The emergence of the telephone From prototype to commercial development Western Union changes tack The importance of patents Competition arrives The market matures Enter Theodore Vail Conclusions chapter 4 Lighting Up Edison and the electric lamp The search for illumination Gas: a comfortable monopoly The development of electric light The Brush stock market bubble The roots of arc lighting’s failure Next step: the incandescent lamp Thomas Edison enters the field Maintaining an interest in both camps: diversifying risk Propaganda and confidence On-off enthusiasm in the markets Edison’s corporate ventures Westinghouse and the AC/DC wars The industry consolidates Conclusions chapter 5 Digging Deep The search for oil Edwin Drake’s discovery The floodgates open Rockefeller takes a grip From participation to domination The world beyond Pennsylvania New industry combinations Public opinion turns against Big Oil Trustbusting – the dissolution of Standard Oil Conclusions chapter 6 Driving Forward The history of the automobile The search for a horseless carriage Europe’s first pioneers The race to attract attention America takes a turn of the wheel Enter the Duryea brothers The battle for technology leadership The Lead Cab Trust The market begins to form The impact of Henry Ford Early attempts to consolidate Durant joins the fray The Studebaker story The evolution of the automobile industry in America The industry in Europe Conclusions chapter 7 Making Waves The story of wireless, from Marconi to Baird Marconi and the origins of wireless From wire to wireless – the technology in context Marconi courts the press Scientific scepticism From demonstration to practicality The market starts to develop Stock funding, De Forest style The Marconi companies Government steps in Commercial spin-offs from the radio RCA – the national champion The birth of broadcasting Development of the broadcasting industry Television: an idea ahead of its time Conclusions chapter 8 Making it Count From adding machines to mainframes The business of counting Babbage and his engines The cash register rings up Big business in counting heads The race to find other uses The next wave of innovation The legacy of Bletchley Park Next stop the vacuum tube ENIAC and EDVAC Up against the funding wall Success for the UNIVAC The arrival of the transistor Computer wars Timesharing: an idea before its time From mainframes to minicomputers Conclusions chapter 9 Processing Power for All The rise of the PC The roots of the PC The birth of Intel The calculator – accidental mass market product Economic imperatives From calculators to the PC Creating an industry From myth to reality – two new products Apple and the search for a user-friendly machine IBM lumbers in Send in the clones Microsoft’s vision The PC business in perspective chapter 10 The Internet How computing timeshare became a global phenomenon Part I: The lure of computer networking Something stirs in academia Timeshare computing: means to an end Nurtured by the military Marketing the dream From academia to commercialisation Enter Cisco Systems Towards an electronic post office The challenge of access Part 2: Commericalising the Internet Privatisation was the key The rise and fall of Netscape Getting access: America Online Browser wars A new business model The Yahoo story Google – so much for first-mover advantage! The market developed differently A pioneering IPO Amazon: buying things Heading to market Facebook: the rise of social media Part 3: The Internet bubble in perspective A new Industrial Revolution… …and a monster stock market bubble Inflating the bubble Valuation issues Web 1.0 (1997–2003): analysing the Internet boom Out of the wreckage Web 2.0 (2008+): a new bubble? Part 4: Looking to the future Towards a brave new world chapter 11 The Anatomy of Technology Investing The persistence of change Clear in retrospect, but rarely in advance The technology cycle What works and what does not The economic impact The Internet and the technology cycle The market impact of the Internet bubble The misallocation of capital to telecoms Where we are today The broader impact and the future Timeless lessons about technology investing Publishing details
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