American Electronics Association


Electronics Industry Sees Manpower Shortage

Oct 1, 1981

The technical manpower shortage in the electronics industry is going to be acute, says a report by the American Electronics Association, and it will be fe...  Read story

Taking The Trade Wars To Japan's Own Soil

By L.M.S. |  Nov 1, 1984

A group of U.S. electronics companies have taken their fight to Japan. Talk about protectionism has dominated the headlines lately, but now many companies...  Read story

High-Tech lending survey

By George Gendron |  Jun 1, 1992

Survey finds that only 6 banks have the expertise to lend to high-tech companies and an interest in doing so.  Read story

A Homeward Glance For Students

Sep 1, 1982

The shortage of skilled technical workers in the electronics industries may be exacerbated by a law wending its way through Congress. The Immigration Ref...  Read story

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By Stephen D. Solomon |  Feb 1, 1986

"Technology, especially electronics, is not what you might call my strong point. . . . I mean all I know about computers wouldn't cover a silicon chip."<...  Read story

The 1981 Tax Cut: A Tilt To Big Business?

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1981

President Reagan's tax reform plans still leave small business at a disadvantage.  Read story

Solidarity Forever

May 1, 1983

Along with the crocuses and daffodils come tentative signs this spring of renewed labor union activity in the high-tech industry: * Led by organizer...  Read story

Will The Real Small Businessman Stand Up?

By Tom Richman |  Jul 1, 1982

Unfortunately, he can't, because he doesn't exist, although everyone claims to speak for him these days.  Read story

California Leads Tech Jobs

By Alexandra Zendrian |  Apr 2, 2008

A report shows the state's high-tech employers create more jobs with higher wages.  Read story

An Apple A Day

By Craig R. Waters |  Aug 1, 1983

George A. Kuhnreich, director of corporate planning for Tandy Corp., sits in his spacious office atop one of the twin Tandy Towers in downtown Fort Worth,...  Read story

Tandem Has A Fail-safe Plan For Growth

By Susan Benner |  Jun 1, 1981

If Jim Treybig has his way, his computer company will get bigger without losing its enterpreneurial style.  Read story

How Now, Ed Zschau?

By Hal Plotkin |  Dec 1, 1988

One CEO's desire to build a company and then run for Senate.  Read story

Life In The Silicon Rain Forest

By Susan Benner |  Jun 1, 1984

Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company.  Read story

Preparing For Out Future

By Milton D. Stewart |  Mar 1, 1983

We need a national commitment to modernize our skills as well as our industries. Without one, we face continuing unemployment, a further drop in productivity...  Read story

Ed Zschau

By Tom Richman |  Dec 1, 1983

"I had an awful lot to learn about business . . . I had the conglomerate mentality -- the view that, if you just build one product for one market, you weren'...  Read story

In Search Of A Better Business Plan

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1983

With more money to invest than ever before, venture capitalists are going on the regional conference circuit to find new deals, providing entrepreneurs with ...  Read story

Celebrate! Grieve! Sit And Bite Your Nails! A Guide To The Reagan Tax Program

By Donna Sammons Carpenter |  Sep 1, 1985

If there was ever a time to question the adage "Nothing is certain but death and taxes," now is the moment. While death still seems a good bet, no one is...  Read story

Uncle Sam Giveth, Uncle Sam Taketh Away

By Donna Sammons |  May 1, 1983

Back in 1981, Congress did a nice thing for the cause of technological innovation -- or so it seemed at the time. Included in that year's Economic Recover...  Read story

Election '84: Pursuing An Entrepreneurial Agenda

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1984

Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Don't smirk. The Trivial Pursuit phenomenon (see "Big Game," page 101) not withstanding, this must be...  Read story

The Making Of The President 1988

By Joel Kotkin |  Nov 1, 1984

THERE IS A RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS -- IN BOTH PARTIES -- THAT IS LOOKING TO SHAPE A WHOLE NEW POLITICS OF GROWTH.  Read story

Blind Ambition

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1989

Two companies fight over the patent rights to fiber optic HDTV (high-definition television).  Read story

Hot Zones

By Emily Barker |  Dec 1, 1999

A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did.  Read story

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